Monsoon Is Almost Over For Gujarat, One Third of Taluka Are Facing Drought
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Abhapur observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
Temples near Abhapur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Bhiloda mandal is Meldi Mata Temple (Hamparvada). No temple of this dedication is on record within Abhapur 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, Abhapur ranks #113 of 145 villages in Bhiloda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Abhapur is a village of 654 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Bhiloda taluka, Arvalli district, Gujarat, the 113th-largest of 145 villages in Bhiloda taluka. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,117 women per 1,000 men. It lies 138 km from the Arvalli district centre, 24 km from Khed Brahma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383245, served by Bhiloda post office; the LGD village code is 510199. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vardan Maternity & General Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Wadhwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagdishbhai Prabhubhai Makwana. The population is estimated at 771 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Meru (Bhetali) →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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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