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Mandal observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Songadh mandal is Shree avalkandhimaa dham. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mandal itself.
Nine nights of Garba and Dandiya Raas circling a perforated earthen lamp, the garbo, or an image of Amba — dancers moving anticlockwise, singing and clapping together. Garba of Gujarat was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2023, the fifteenth element from India to join it.
The regional form observed across Gujarat. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Mandal ranks #20 of 175 villages in Songadh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mandal એ Gujaratના Tapi જિલ્લાના Songadh તાલુકોમાં 2,208 લોકોની વસ્તી 467 કુટુંબોમાં (વસ્તી ગણતરી 2011) ધરાવતું ગામ છે, જે Songadh તાલુકોના 175 ગામોમાં 20મું મોટું છે. સાક્ષરતા 67% છે, તાલુકો સરેરાશ 56% કરતાં 11 પોઇન્ટ વધુ અને જાતિ પ્રમાણ દર 1,000 પુરુષોએ 1,037 સ્ત્રીઓ. તે Tapi જિલ્લા મથકથી 203 કિમી, નજીકના નગર Mandalથી 0 કિમી, Jhund Junction રેલવે સ્ટેશનથી 14 કિમી આવેલું છે (સીધી રેખાનું અંતર). પિનકોડ 394650 છે, Vyara પોસ્ટ ઓફિસ હેઠળ; LGD ગામ કોડ 524604 છે. નજીકની હોસ્પિટલ CHC, Mandal, <1 કિમી દૂર. 2026માં અંદાજિત વસ્તી 2,603, 2011 કરતાં 18% વધુ.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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