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- LGD code
- 519604
- Pincode
- 389382
- Post office
- Dhanpur
- Population
- 3,430
- Households
- 439
- Literacy rate
- 27.1%
- Sex ratio
- 971 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,494
- Distance to district centre
- 170 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 217 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 145 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 533 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dungarpur · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- City Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mandav compares
By population, Mandav ranks #16 of 90 villages in Dhanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
27.1%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Mandav
- 27.1%
- Dhanpur mandal
- 35.9%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
−15 vs mandal average
- Mandav
- 971
- Dhanpur mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
7.8
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Mandav
- 7.8
- Dhanpur mandal
- 7.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mandav at a glance
Mandav is a village of 3,430 people in 439 households (Census 2011) in Dhanpur taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 16th-largest of 90 villages in Dhanpur taluka. Literacy is 27%, 9 points below the taluka average of 36% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 170 km from the Dahod district centre, 50 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 25 km from Dungarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389382, served by Dhanpur post office; the LGD village code is 519604. The nearest hospital or health centre is City Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is hdsbfjksdb, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 4,044 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mandav
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DOHAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MANDAV
- Total area (ha)
- 336.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mandav
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mandav
- LGD code
- 519604
- Pincode
- 389382
- Post office
- Dhanpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,430
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,044
- Households
- 439
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 971
- Literacy rate
- 27.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.77305°N, 73.92445°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- hdsbfjksdb
- Block / Mandal
- Dhanpur
Getting there
How to reach Mandav
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar145 kmcapital
- Mumbai533 km
- Delhi630 km
- Hyderabad854 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDungarpur25 km
- Hospital / PHCCity Hospital9 km
- CollegeSunrise College25 km
- Police stationPOLICE THANA PARSAD51 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)