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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kanchanben patadiya
Contact: 95****9155
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- LGD code
- 512844
- Pincode
- 363621
- Post office
- Wankaner
- Population
- 1,402
- Households
- 232
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 747
- Distance to district centre
- 178 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 164 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 42 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 499 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jagudan · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr.Dipak shah Skin specialist · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kherva compares
By population, Kherva ranks #51 of 99 villages in Wankaner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.1%
+14.6% vs mandal average
Kherva75.1%
Wankaner mandal60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−1 vs mandal average
Kherva966
Wankaner mandal967
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
Kherva6.0
Wankaner mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kherva at a glance
Kherva is a village of 1,402 people in 232 households (Census 2011) in Wankaner taluka, Morbi district, Gujarat, the 51st-largest of 99 villages in Wankaner taluka. Literacy is 75%, 15 points above the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 178 km from the Morbi district centre, 8 km from Davol, the nearest town, 5 km from Jagudan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363621, served by Wankaner post office; the LGD village code is 512844. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr.Dipak shah Skin specialist, 8 km away. The sarpanch is kanchanben patadiya, and the village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 1,653 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kherva
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- 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
- WANKANER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHERVA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,874.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 270.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kherva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kherva
- LGD code
- 512844
- Pincode
- 363621
- Post office
- Wankaner
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,402
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,653
- Households
- 232
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.54430°N, 72.44316°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajkot
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wankaner
- Member of Parliament
- Parshottam Rupala
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kantilal Somani
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kanchanben patadiya
- Block / Mandal
- Wankaner
Getting there
How to reach Kherva
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar42 kmcapital
- Mumbai499 km
- Delhi738 km
- Hyderabad930 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJagudan5 km
- Bus stopJagudan6 km
- Hospital / PHCDr.Dipak shah Skin specialist8 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil6 km
- CollegeSKPCPER2 km
- Police stationBSF8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kherva
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kherva
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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