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- LGD code
- 524483
- Pincode
- 394370
- Post office
- Nijhar
- Population
- 7,416
- Households
- 1,528
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,172
- Distance to district centre
- 125 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 251 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 300 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nandurbar · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH, Taloda · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nizar compares
By population, Nizar ranks #4 of 30 villages in Nizar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.4%
+6.4% vs mandal average
- Nizar
- 59.4%
- Nizar mandal
- 53.0%
- Tapi district
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−12 vs mandal average
- Nizar
- 1,000
- Nizar mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Nizar
- 4.9
- Nizar mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nizar at a glance
Nizar is a village of 7,416 people in 1,528 households (Census 2011) in Nizar taluka, Tapi district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 30 villages in Nizar taluka. Literacy is 59%, 6 points above the taluka average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 125 km from the Tapi district centre, 17 km from Songir, the nearest town, 12 km from Nandurbar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394370, served by Nijhar post office; the LGD village code is 524483. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH, Taloda, 8 km away. The village votes in Nizar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr.Jayrambhai Chemabhai Gamit. The population is estimated at 8,743 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nizar
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- NANDARBAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 109
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NIZAR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,366.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 467
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Nizar
- LGD code
- 524483
- Pincode
- 394370
- Post office
- Nijhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,416
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,743
- Households
- 1,528
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 59.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.47700°N, 74.19581°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardoli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nizar
- Member of Parliament
- Parbhubhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr.Jayrambhai Chemabhai Gamit
- Block / Mandal
- Nizar
- Nearest railway station
- Taropa (88.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Nizar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar251 kmcapital
- Mumbai300 km
- Hyderabad640 km
- Delhi850 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNandurbar12 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH, Taloda8 km
- ATM / bankBank of baroda9 km
- CollegeG. H. Mahajan A.C.S. junior college, Taloda10 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda10 km
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View all 34 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)