About Vav Village

Vav is a large village in Ghoghamba tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,710, made up of 1,414 males and 1,296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 700.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389390, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vav village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Panch Mahals
Tehsil	Ghoghamba
Pincode	389390
Area (hectares)	700.73 hectares
Population	2,710
Male Population	1,414
Female Population	1,296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vav compares

By the 2011 count Vav is the 34th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,320 residents. Its 700.73 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Vav

Vav is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Vav as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vav from other places

Vav lies about 12 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Kansudhi, about 1.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Vav
Nearest railway station	Kansudhi	1.6 km
Nearest town	Godhra	2.8 km
District headquarters	Panch Mahals	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghoghamba	23 km

Villages closest to Vav

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghoghamba tehsil.

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 Vav

As per the Census of India 2011, Vav village had a population of 2,710. That makes it the 34th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,320 residents.

Vav village has 1,414 males and 1,296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vav has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Vav is 389390. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vav covers 700.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vav falls under Ghoghamba tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Vav is Kansudhi, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Vav.

Vav is about 12 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vav is in Ghoghamba tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Kansudhi is about 1.6 km away. Godhra is about 2.8 km away. Panch Mahals is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.