About Alva Village

Alva is a mid sized village in Tilakwada tehsil, in the district of Narmada, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,734, made up of 917 males and 817 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alva Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alva village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Narmada
Tehsil	Tilakwada
Pincode	391121
Area (hectares)	542.55 hectares
Population	1,734
Male Population	917
Female Population	817
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alva compares

By the 2011 count Alva is the 6th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 542.55 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Alva

Alva is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alva as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Agar, Alampur, Amaliya and Bandarpura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Alva

As per the Census of India 2011, Alva village had a population of 1,734. That makes it the 6th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Alva village has 917 males and 817 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alva has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Alva is 391121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alva covers 542.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alva falls under Tilakwada tehsil of Narmada district in Gujarat.

The census record for Alva notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Alva.

Alva is in Tilakwada tehsil of Narmada district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.