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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHANKARBHAI FATABHAI MAIDA
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- LGD code
- 519137
- Pincode
- 389175
- Post office
- Sanjeli
- Population
- 883
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Sex ratio
- 993 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 506
- Distance to district centre
- 178 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 174 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 479 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bordi · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Satish Nayak · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lavara compares
By population, Lavara ranks #28 of 55 villages in Sanjeli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.6%
+8.1% vs mandal average
- Lavara
- 62.6%
- Sanjeli mandal
- 54.5%
- Dahod district
- 47.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
993
+8 vs mandal average
- Lavara
- 993
- Sanjeli mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Lavara
- 6.7
- Sanjeli mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lavara at a glance
Lavara is a village of 883 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Sanjeli taluka, Dahod district, Gujarat, the 28th-largest of 55 villages in Sanjeli taluka. Literacy is 63%, 8 points above the taluka average of 55% and the sex ratio is 993 women per 1,000 men. It lies 178 km from the Dahod district centre, 25 km from Limdi, the nearest town, 33 km from Bordi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 389175, served by Sanjeli post office; the LGD village code is 519137. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Satish Nayak, 14 km away. The sarpanch is SHANKARBHAI FATABHAI MAIDA. The population is estimated at 1,041 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lavara
- 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
- 1
- 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
- SANJELI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DUNGRA
- Total area (ha)
- 187.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 28.29
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lavara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lavara
- LGD code
- 519137
- Pincode
- 389175
- Post office
- Sanjeli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 883
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,041
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 993
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.16286°N, 74.33797°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHANKARBHAI FATABHAI MAIDA
- Block / Mandal
- Sanjeli
Getting there
How to reach Lavara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar174 kmcapital
- Mumbai479 km
- Delhi671 km
- Hyderabad774 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBordi33 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Satish Nayak14 km
- Collegecollege ground44 km
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- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)