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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 513745
- Pincode
- 361210
- Post office
- Dhrol
- Population
- 2,385
- Households
- 451
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,220
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 27 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 239 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 462 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jalia Devani · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hingola Hirani Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharva compares
By population, Kharva ranks #2 of 41 villages in Dhrol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.6%
+5.9% vs mandal average
- Kharva
- 70.6%
- Dhrol mandal
- 64.7%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
−27 vs mandal average
- Kharva
- 925
- Dhrol mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kharva
- 5.3
- Dhrol mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharva at a glance
Kharva is a village of 2,385 people in 451 households (Census 2011) in Dhrol taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 2nd-largest of 41 villages in Dhrol taluka. Literacy is 71%, 6 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 21 km from Jodiya, the nearest town, 13 km from Jalia Devani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361210, served by Dhrol post office; the LGD village code is 513745. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hingola Hirani Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Tankara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya. The population is estimated at 2,812 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kharva →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharva · this village | 2,385 | 71% | — |
| Kharva · Wadhwan | 2,948 | 65% | 0 km N |
| Dhrol · Dhrol | — | — | 3.4 km N |
| Jayva · Dhrol | 2,001 | 69% | 5 km E |
| Nana Vagudad · Dhrol | 359 | 64% | 6.9 km NE |
| Mota Vagudad · Dhrol | 2,034 | 71% | 7.3 km NE |
| Soyal · Dhrol | 2,139 | 62% | 7.2 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharva
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHROL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHARVA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,999.14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 814
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharva
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Key facts — Kharva
- LGD code
- 513745
- Pincode
- 361210
- Post office
- Dhrol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,385
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,812
- Households
- 451
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.53790°N, 70.42373°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tankara
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durlabhjibhai Harakhjibhai Dethariya
- Block / Mandal
- Dhrol
Getting there
How to reach Kharva
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar239 kmcapital
- Mumbai462 km
- Delhi959 km
- Hyderabad1019 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJalia Devani13 km
- Bus stopDhrol Bus Station3 km
- Hospital / PHCHingola Hirani Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India37 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage3 km
- Police stationDhrol Police Station3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kharva
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kharva
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓G M Patel Girls School & CollageCollege3.1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 361210
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Other villages named Kharva
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Villages near Kharva
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View all 41+ →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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)