Monsoon Is Almost Over For Gujarat, One Third of Taluka Are Facing Drought
Reported by GujaratSamachar English.
Karamta observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Abdasa mandal is Sumathinath Derasar. No temple of this dedication is on record within Karamta 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, Karamta ranks #103 of 136 villages in Abdasa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karamta is a village of 255 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Abdasa taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 103rd-largest of 136 villages in Abdasa taluka. Literacy is 43%, 14 points below the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 861 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 370655, served by Naliya post office; the LGD village code is 507072. The village votes in Mandvi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aniruddha Bhailal Dave. The population is estimated at 301 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Akri Moti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karamta · this village | 255 | 43% | — |
| Akri Moti · Abdasa | 426 | 63% | — |
| Thumdi · Abdasa | 350 | 51% | — |
| Navavas (Vandh) · Abdasa | 215 | 51% | — |
| Akri Nani · Abdasa | — | — | — |
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.
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