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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
jigneshbhai naranbhai rathod
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- LGD code
- 512155
- Pincode
- 363745
- Population
- 3,107
- Households
- 726
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,279
- Distance to district centre
- 136 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 71 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 #8 of 87 villages in Dasada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.1%
+12.6% vs mandal average
- Kherva
- 78.1%
- Dasada mandal
- 65.5%
- Surendranagar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−23 vs mandal average
- Kherva
- 917
- Dasada mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kherva
- 4.3
- Dasada mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kherva at a glance
Kherva is a village of 3,107 people in 726 households (Census 2011) in Dasada taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 8th-largest of 87 villages in Dasada taluka. Literacy is 78%, 13 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 136 km from the Surendranagar district centre, 8 km from Davol, the nearest town, 5 km from Jagudan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 363745; the LGD village code is 512155. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr.Dipak shah Skin specialist, 8 km away. The sarpanch is jigneshbhai naranbhai rathod, and the village votes in Dasada assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.K.Parmar. The population is estimated at 3,663 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
- 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
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHERVA
- Total area (ha)
- 3,036.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kherva
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Key facts — Kherva
- LGD code
- 512155
- Pincode
- 363745
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,107
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,663
- Households
- 726
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.54430°N, 72.44316°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Surendranagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dasada
- Member of Parliament
- Chandubhai Shihora
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.K.Parmar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jigneshbhai naranbhai rathod
- Block / Mandal
- Dasada
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, 2026-09-19
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