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- LGD code
- 513533
- Pincode
- 361305
- Post office
- Khambhalia
- Population
- 4,080
- Households
- 780
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,153
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 73 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 345 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 489 km
- Nearest railway station
- Meghpur Titodi · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- General Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Movan compares
By population, Movan ranks #10 of 84 villages in Khambhalia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.8%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Movan
- 51.8%
- Khambhalia mandal
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+68 vs mandal average
- Movan
- 979
- Khambhalia mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Movan
- 5.2
- Khambhalia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Movan at a glance
Movan is a village of 4,080 people in 780 households (Census 2011) in Khambhalia taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 10th-largest of 84 villages in Khambhalia taluka. Literacy is 52%, 6 points below the taluka average of 58% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 22 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 4 km from Meghpur Titodi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361305, served by Khambhalia post office; the LGD village code is 513533. The nearest hospital or health centre is General Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Jamnagar Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai. The population is estimated at 4,810 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Movan
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHAMBHALIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 81
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MOVAN
- Total area (ha)
- 1,852.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 740
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Movan
- LGD code
- 513533
- Pincode
- 361305
- Post office
- Khambhalia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,080
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,810
- Households
- 780
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.11786°N, 69.48840°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamnagar Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Poonamben Maadam
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai
- Block / Mandal
- Khambhalia
Getting there
How to reach Movan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar345 kmcapital
- Mumbai489 km
- Delhi1059 km
- Hyderabad1078 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMeghpur Titodi4 km
- Bus stopHansthal (Haithal) Bus Stop11 km
- Hospital / PHCGeneral Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI38 km
- Petrol pumpDivyapath Petroleum Guragadh32 km
- Police stationMeghpar Police Station42 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- General Hospitalunder 1 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 361305
- DharampurKhambhalia mandal15,344 pop
- HarshadpurKhambhalia mandal10,288 pop
- RamnagarKhambhalia mandal5,668 pop
- VadtraKhambhalia mandal5,105 pop
- Asota MotaKalyanpur mandal4,004 pop
- BerajaKhambhalia mandal3,490 pop
- BajanaKhambhalia mandal2,619 pop
- BhatelKhambhalia mandal2,607 pop
- ViramdadKhambhalia mandal2,550 pop
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)