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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
hansaben anandbhai kodavla
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- LGD code
- 514703
- Pincode
- 362260
- Post office
- Mendarda
- Population
- 1,715
- Households
- 379
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,023
- Distance to district centre
- 97 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 77 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 220 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 478 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lavanpur · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Diamondnagar Government Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ambala compares
By population, Ambala ranks #13 of 51 villages in Mendarda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.3%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Ambala
- 67.3%
- Mendarda mandal
- 70.5%
- Junagadh district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−42 vs mandal average
- Ambala
- 893
- Mendarda mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ambala
- 4.5
- Mendarda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ambala at a glance
Ambala is a village of 1,715 people in 379 households (Census 2011) in Mendarda taluka, Junagadh district, Gujarat, the 13th-largest of 51 villages in Mendarda taluka. Literacy is 67%, 3 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 97 km from the Junagadh district centre, 25 km from Tankara, the nearest town, 19 km from Lavanpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362260, served by Mendarda post office; the LGD village code is 514703. The nearest hospital or health centre is Diamondnagar Government Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is hansaben anandbhai kodavla, and the village votes in Gondal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja. The population is estimated at 2,022 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ambala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- JUNAGADH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AMBALA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,492.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 329.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 232.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Ambala
- LGD code
- 514703
- Pincode
- 362260
- Post office
- Mendarda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,715
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,022
- Households
- 379
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.77563°N, 70.54235°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Porbandar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gondal
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- hansaben anandbhai kodavla
- Block / Mandal
- Mendarda
- Nearest PHC
- Shree Clinic (73.3 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kothariya (72.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ambala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar220 kmcapital
- Mumbai478 km
- Delhi931 km
- Hyderabad1023 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLavanpur19 km
- Bus stopDUDHAI5 km
- Hospital / PHCDiamondnagar Government Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankRAJKOT NAGRIK SAHKARI BANK30 km
- Petrol pumpESSAR12 km
- CollegeG M Patel Girls School & Collage28 km
- Police stationDhrol Police Station27 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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