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- LGD code
- 513805
- Pincode
- 361162
- Post office
- Nikava
- Population
- 756
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 80%
- Sex ratio
- 1043 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 457
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 61 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 212 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 478 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pipliya Road · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Diamondnagar Government Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jivapar compares
By population, Jivapar ranks #57 of 98 villages in Kalavad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.0%
+15.2% vs mandal average
- Jivapar
- 80.0%
- Kalavad mandal
- 64.8%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,043
+63 vs mandal average
- Jivapar
- 1,043
- Kalavad mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Jivapar
- 4.1
- Kalavad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jivapar at a glance
Jivapar is a village of 756 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Kalavad taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 57th-largest of 98 villages in Kalavad taluka. Literacy is 80%, 15 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 23 km from Tankara, the nearest town, 14 km from Pipliya Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361162, served by Nikava post office; the LGD village code is 513805. The nearest hospital or health centre is Diamondnagar Government Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 891 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jivapar
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KALAVAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JIVAPAR
- Total area (ha)
- 886.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 206.71
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Jivapar
- LGD code
- 513805
- Pincode
- 361162
- Post office
- Nikava
- Population (Census 2011)
- 756
- Population (projected 2026)
- 891
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1043
- Literacy rate
- 80.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.82145°N, 70.61283°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Block / Mandal
- Kalavad
Getting there
How to reach Jivapar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar212 kmcapital
- Mumbai478 km
- Delhi922 km
- Hyderabad1020 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPipliya Road14 km
- Bus stopDUDHAI12 km
- Hospital / PHCDiamondnagar Government Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankSahkari Mandli Bharatnagar22 km
- Petrol pumpESSAR21 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage36 km
- Police stationCity police line & A divison police station23 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)