Nikava

Kalavad block · Jamnagar district, Gujarat · PIN 361162 · village code 513830

Population 2011

4,799

Census of India

Population 2020

5,203

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+8.4%

404 people · 0.9% a year

Households

998

+0.6% vs 992 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

4,799

Male / female

2,495 / 2,304

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

923

Children aged 0–6

594

Literacy rate

68.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

369 / 8

Working population

1,631

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

52.1%

Households

992

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

306

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

800

Non-farm households

192

Share of households farming, 2020

81%

Net sown area

1,748 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,748 / 1,045 / 755

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Nikava panchayat, Kalavad zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹27.80 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹21.45 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹14.10 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹35.15 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2.97 lakh · received ₹8.58 lakh · spent ₹6.87 lakh · left ₹4.69 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹24.83 lakh · received ₹12.87 lakh · spent ₹7.23 lakh · left ₹30.47 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.2162, 70.3972 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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