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Mulvasar observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
Temples near Mulvasar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Okhamandal mandal is Kankeshvara Mahadeva temple & other shrines. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mulvasar 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, Mulvasar ranks #22 of 39 villages in Okhamandal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mulvasar is a village of 847 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Okhamandal taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, the 22nd-largest of 39 villages in Okhamandal taluka. Literacy is 33%, 13 points below the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Devbhumi Dwarka district centre, 29 km from Bhatiya, the nearest town, 11 km from Dwarka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 361335, served by Dwarka post office; the LGD village code is 513466. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gayatri Clinic, 12 km away. The village votes in Dwarka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pabubha Virambha Manek. The population is estimated at 999 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mulvasar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulvasar · this village | 847 | 33% | — |
| Nana Bhavda · Okhamandal | 858 | 30% | 3.1 km SW |
| Rangasar · Okhamandal | 315 | 35% | 4.7 km N |
| Aniari · Okhamandal | 376 | 44% | 4.7 km E |
| Dhrasan Vel · Okhamandal | 991 | 38% | 4.8 km W |
| Mota Bhavda · Okhamandal | 721 | 36% | 5.3 km S |
| Khatumba · Okhamandal | 722 | 48% | 5.4 km E |
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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