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- LGD code
- 508949
- Pincode
- 384240
- Post office
- Harij
- Population
- 2,178
- Households
- 406
- Literacy rate
- 48.9%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 913
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 96 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 525 km
- Nearest railway station
- Venpura · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- kuvarvala Children Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarval compares
By population, Sarval ranks #14 of 43 villages in Harij mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.9%
−6.6% vs mandal average
Sarval48.9%
Harij mandal55.5%
Patan district62.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
+26 vs mandal average
Sarval950
Harij mandal924
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
Sarval5.4
Harij mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarval at a glance
Sarval is a village of 2,178 people in 406 households (Census 2011) in Harij taluka, Patan district, Gujarat, the 14th-largest of 43 villages in Harij taluka. Literacy is 49%, 7 points below the taluka average of 56% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Patan district centre, 9 km from Sami, the nearest town, 21 km from Venpura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 384240, served by Harij post office; the LGD village code is 508949. The nearest hospital or health centre is kuvarvala Children Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Chanasma assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji. The population is estimated at 2,568 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarval
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARIJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SARVAL
- Total area (ha)
- 1,752.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 600.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarval
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarval
- LGD code
- 508949
- Pincode
- 384240
- Post office
- Harij
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,178
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,568
- Households
- 406
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 48.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.69787°N, 71.86150°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patan
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chanasma
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatsinhji Dabhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thakor Dineshbhai Ataji
- Block / Mandal
- Harij
Getting there
How to reach Sarval
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar96 kmcapital
- Mumbai525 km
- Delhi764 km
- Hyderabad984 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVenpura21 km
- Bus stopBrahmanwada Bus Stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCkuvarvala Children Hospital5 km
- Petrol pumpEsaar petrol pump29 km
- CollegeLR Patel Higher Secondary School35 km
- Police stationRadhanpur circle police station54 km
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- 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)