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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANGITSINH
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- LGD code
- 519735
- Pincode
- 391530
- Post office
- Sandasal
- Population
- 1,145
- Households
- 249
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sex ratio
- 856 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 410
- Distance to district centre
- 237 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 192 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 171 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 605 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhabhar · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dharnidar Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vav compares
By population, Vav ranks #19 of 49 villages in Desar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.7%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Vav
- 75.7%
- Desar mandal
- 65.8%
- Vadodara district
- 69.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
856
−67 vs mandal average
- Vav
- 856
- Desar mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Vav
- 4.6
- Desar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vav at a glance
Vav is a village of 1,145 people in 249 households (Census 2011) in Desar taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 19th-largest of 49 villages in Desar taluka. Literacy is 76%, 10 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. It lies 237 km from the Vadodara district centre, 0 km from Vav, the nearest town, 35 km from Bhabhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 391530, served by Sandasal post office; the LGD village code is 519735. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dharnidar Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is RANGITSINH, and the village votes in Vatva assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babusinh Sarabhai Jadav. The population is estimated at 1,350 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vav
- 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
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KALOL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VAV
- Total area (ha)
- 238.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vav
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vav
- LGD code
- 519735
- Pincode
- 391530
- Post office
- Sandasal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,145
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,350
- Households
- 249
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 856
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.36395°N, 71.51231°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmedabad East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vatva
- Member of Parliament
- Hasmukh Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Babusinh Sarabhai Jadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANGITSINH
- Block / Mandal
- Desar
Getting there
How to reach Vav
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar171 kmcapital
- Mumbai605 km
- Delhi738 km
- Hyderabad1061 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhabhar35 km
- Hospital / PHCDharnidar Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank12 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Highway Hospitalunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Vav
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Kapileshwar Mahadev TempleTemple4.9 km ↗
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)