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Bhalod observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
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, Bhalod ranks #7 of 126 villages in Jhagadia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalod is a village of 3,476 people in 789 households (Census 2011) in Jhagadia taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 7th-largest of 126 villages in Jhagadia taluka. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 63 km from the Bharuch district centre, 27 km from Netrang, the nearest town, 2 km from Moti Koral railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 393110, served by Jhagadia post office; the LGD village code is 522189. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vishwas Clinic, 6 km away. The sarpanch is aaaaaaa, and the village votes in Jambusar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devkishordasji Bhaktisvarupdasji Swami. The population is estimated at 4,098 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhalod →
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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