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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DAMYANTIBEN HASUBHAI DODHIYA
Contact: 90****3348
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- LGD code
- 524318
- Pincode
- 394620
- Post office
- Vankaner (SR)
- Population
- 2,202
- Households
- 495
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1081 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,261
Census 2011 · in context
How Afva compares
By population, Afva ranks #15 of 84 villages in Bardoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.8%
−4.1% vs mandal average
- Afva
- 64.8%
- Bardoli mandal
- 68.9%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,081
+92 vs mandal average
- Afva
- 1,081
- Bardoli mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Afva
- 4.4
- Bardoli mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Afva at a glance
Afva is a village of 2,202 people in 495 households (Census 2011) in Bardoli taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 15th-largest of 84 villages in Bardoli taluka. Literacy is 65%, 4 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,081 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 394620, served by Vankaner (SR) post office; the LGD village code is 524318. The sarpanch is DAMYANTIBEN HASUBHAI DODHIYA, and the village votes in Mandvi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kunvarji Halpati. The population is estimated at 2,596 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Afva →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afva · this village | 2,202 | 65% | — |
| Gotasa · Bardoli | 487 | 69% | — |
| Khali · Bardoli | 157 | 32% | — |
| Tajpor Khurd · Bardoli | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Afva
- 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
- BARDOLI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 52
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 52
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AFVA
- Total area (ha)
- 555.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 27.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Afva
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Afva
- LGD code
- 524318
- Pincode
- 394620
- Post office
- Vankaner (SR)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,202
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,596
- Households
- 495
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1081
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardoli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandvi
- Member of Parliament
- Parbhubhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kunvarji Halpati
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DAMYANTIBEN HASUBHAI DODHIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Bardoli
- Nearest railway station
- Zankhvav (21.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 394620
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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
- 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)