# Alva Village, Vaghodia, Vadodara (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Vaghodia, Vadodara 

# Alva

Alva is a village in Vaghodia sub-district of Vadodara district, Gujarat, PIN code **391760**. The 2011 Census counted **2,066 people in 415 households**, the 17th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 2,066people (2011)
- 415households
- 81.1%literacy
- 391760PIN code

## Alva PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alva is 391760.** Alva falls in Vaghodia sub-district, Vadodara district, Gujarat.

- PIN code391760
- Gram panchayatAlva
- Community development blockVaghodia
- Census village code520000

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Alva from nearby towns?

- Vaghodia (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Vadodara (district HQ)17 km by road
- Vaghodia (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Alva?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Alva; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Vaghodiya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Pipaliya
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Dattpura
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Alva known for?

The main crops are **pigeon pea, sorghum and sugarcane**. About 87% of the 649 hectares of village land is sown, and 400 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Alva

Of every 100 households in Alva in 2011, 89 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Alva · ■ Vaghodia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**77%

Tap water ****70%**

**51%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**87%

Use banking services ****41%**

**45%

Television ****40%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**23%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alva?

■ Alva · ■ Vaghodia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**893

Working population ****42.3%**

**43.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 73.6% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 352 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 316 (36%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 131 (15%) · **■** Marginal 70 (8%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Vaghodia

- Sarnej2,297 people
- Rasulabad2,279 people
- Rajpura2,277 people
- Kamrol2,097 people
- Madheli2,057 people
- Asoj1,952 people
- Falod1,903 people
- Vasvel1,880 people

[All 94 villages in Vaghodia](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/vadodara/vaghodia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alva?391760
- How far is Alva from Vadodara?17 km by road
- What is the population of Alva?2,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alva in?Vadodara district (Vaghodia sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Alva?81.1% (Census 2011)