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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
RITABEN BALWANTBHAI VASAVA
Contact: 97****4849
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- LGD code
- 524011
- Pincode
- 394163
- Post office
- Godsamba
- Population
- 1,832
- Households
- 355
- Literacy rate
- 70.3%
- Sex ratio
- 908 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,010
- Distance to district centre
- 140 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 176 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 234 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 315 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhenswadi · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Haresh Nakrani · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amba compares
By population, Amba ranks #26 of 150 villages in Mandvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.3%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Amba
- 70.3%
- Mandvi mandal
- 62.0%
- Surat district
- 75.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
908
−92 vs mandal average
- Amba
- 908
- Mandvi mandal
- 1,000
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Amba
- 5.2
- Mandvi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amba at a glance
Amba is a village of 1,832 people in 355 households (Census 2011) in Mandvi taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 26th-largest of 150 villages in Mandvi taluka. Literacy is 70%, 8 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 140 km from the Surat district centre, 36 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 5 km from Bhenswadi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394163, served by Godsamba post office; the LGD village code is 524011. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Haresh Nakrani, 6 km away. The sarpanch is RITABEN BALWANTBHAI VASAVA, and the village votes in Vagra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. The population is estimated at 2,160 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANDVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AMBA
- Total area (ha)
- 637.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 516.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Amba
- LGD code
- 524011
- Pincode
- 394163
- Post office
- Godsamba
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,832
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,160
- Households
- 355
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 70.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.50261°N, 71.31618°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vagra
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RITABEN BALWANTBHAI VASAVA
- Block / Mandal
- Mandvi
- Nearest PHC
- Shifa Wellness Centre (181.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Nabipur (180.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Amba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar234 kmcapital
- Mumbai315 km
- Hyderabad880 km
- Delhi988 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhenswadi5 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Haresh Nakrani6 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad13 km
- Petrol pumpReliance15 km
- Police stationpalitana town station53 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)