Gujarat rural women turn traditional handicrafts into source of livelihood
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Juned 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, Juned ranks #62 of 68 villages in Vagra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Juned is a village of 443 people in 84 households (Census 2011) in Vagra taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 62nd-largest of 68 villages in Vagra taluka. Literacy is 65%, 6 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 392140, served by Vagra post office; the LGD village code is 522029. The sarpanch is DimpalBen Vishalbhai patel, and the village votes in Khambhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chirag Patel. The population is estimated at 522 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhersam →
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.
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.
Centred on Vagra mandal
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