| Maghval | |
| Other Name: | Megwal Meghwad |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India #India Gujarat#India Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
| Coordinates: | 20.23°N 73°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valsad district |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 16 |
| Population Total: | 2,678 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati, Marathi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 396240 |
| Registration Plate: | GJ |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Silvassa |
Maghval, also known as Megwal and Meghwad, is a village in the Kaparada taluka of Valsad district in Gujarat State, India. It is a small enclave belonging to Gujarat, but located within Nagar Haveli, just south of Silvassa in the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
In January 2022, the government of India announced plans for the Maghval enclave to become part of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu alongside 3 other villages (which were sometimes isolated from the rest of Gujarat, but not from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, by monsoon floods). This would allow the sale of alcohol in the villages, as alcohol is restricted in Gujarat.[1] This process was later deferred.[2]
Maghval, though under the administrative purview of Gujarat, is surrounded by the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DNHDD), outside the state boundary and a few kilometres from Silvassa in DNHDD. The village with 2,160 villagers (as of February 2018) has a rich landscape with the Daman Ganga River cutting through it, leaving a hilly stretch on one side and plains on the other.
Formerly "Bombay Enclave", Maghval was a British counter-enclave within the Portuguese enclave within British India until independence.[3] [4]
