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About Vav Village

Vav is a mid sized village in Jetpur Pavi tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 813, made up of 420 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vav village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Jetpur Pavi
Pincode 391160
Area (hectares) 170.18 hectares
Population 813
Male Population 420
Female Population 393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Vav compares

By the 2011 count Vav is the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,204 residents. Its 170.18 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Vav

Vav is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Vav as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 under 2 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Pratapnagar, about 2.0 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
Tehsil headquarters Jetpur Pavi under 2 km
District headquarters Vadodara under 2 km
Nearest railway station Pratapnagar 2.0 km

Villages closest to Vav

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

Common questions about Vav

As per the Census of India 2011, Vav village had a population of 813. That makes it the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,204 residents.

Vav village has 420 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vav has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Vav is 391160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vav covers 170.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vav falls under Jetpur Pavi tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Vav is Pratapnagar, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Vav.

Vav is about under 2 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vav is in Jetpur Pavi tehsil of Vadodara district. Jetpur Pavi is about under 2 km away. Vadodara is about under 2 km away. Pratapnagar is about 2.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambakhut (under 2 km), Ambazati (under 2 km) and Aniyadri (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Vav today is likely to be higher.

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