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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
hanshabe
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- LGD code
- 513850
- Pincode
- 360540
- Post office
- Kharedi
- Population
- 2,435
- Households
- 482
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,244
- Distance to district centre
- 246 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 274 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 421 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 669 km
- Nearest railway station
- Naliya · 44 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sanghi Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pipar compares
By population, Pipar ranks #6 of 98 villages in Kalavad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.8%
+11.0% vs mandal average
- Pipar
- 75.8%
- Kalavad mandal
- 64.8%
- Jamnagar district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+29 vs mandal average
- Pipar
- 1,009
- Kalavad mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Pipar
- 5.1
- Kalavad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pipar at a glance
Pipar is a village of 2,435 people in 482 households (Census 2011) in Kalavad taluka, Jamnagar district, Gujarat, the 6th-largest of 98 villages in Kalavad taluka. Literacy is 76%, 11 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 246 km from the Jamnagar district centre, 44 km from Naliya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 360540, served by Kharedi post office; the LGD village code is 513850. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sanghi Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is hanshabe , and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 2,871 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pipar
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- KALAVAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 76
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PIPAR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,852.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 400
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pipar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pipar
- LGD code
- 513850
- Pincode
- 360540
- Post office
- Kharedi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,435
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,871
- Households
- 482
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.52203°N, 68.52454°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- hanshabe
- Block / Mandal
- Kalavad
Getting there
How to reach Pipar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar421 kmcapital
- Mumbai669 km
- Delhi1035 km
- Hyderabad1241 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNaliya44 km
- Hospital / PHCSanghi Hospital6 km
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)