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- LGD code
- 507240
- Pincode
- 370475
- Post office
- Laija
- Population
- 251
- Households
- 58
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1092 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 98
- Distance to district centre
- 102 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 197 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 357 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 574 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhanvala Vada · 31 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ashirwad Clinic · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mapar compares
By population, Mapar ranks #80 of 94 villages in Mandvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.4%
−3.7% vs mandal average
- Mapar
- 59.4%
- Mandvi mandal
- 63.1%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,092
+141 vs mandal average
- Mapar
- 1,092
- Mandvi mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Mapar
- 4.3
- Mandvi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mapar at a glance
Mapar is a village of 251 people in 58 households (Census 2011) in Mandvi taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 80th-largest of 94 villages in Mandvi taluka. Literacy is 59%, 4 points below the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,092 women per 1,000 men. It lies 102 km from the Kachchh district centre, 51 km from Nakhatrana, the nearest town, 31 km from Dhanvala Vada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370475, served by Laija post office; the LGD village code is 507240. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ashirwad Clinic, 20 km away. The village votes in Rajkot Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya. The population is estimated at 296 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mapar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANDVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAPAR
- Total area (ha)
- 630.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Mapar
- LGD code
- 507240
- Pincode
- 370475
- Post office
- Laija
- Population (Census 2011)
- 251
- Population (projected 2026)
- 296
- Households
- 58
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1092
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.90231°N, 69.16551°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajkot Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya
- Block / Mandal
- Mandvi
- Nearest PHC
- Shivam Clinic (127.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sapda (88.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Mapar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar357 kmcapital
- Mumbai574 km
- Delhi1025 km
- Hyderabad1150 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhanvala Vada31 km
- Hospital / PHCAshirwad Clinic20 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda26 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil23 km
- CollegeJD INTERNATIONAL49 km
- Police stationPolice Chowki57 km
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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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)