Gujarat weather today: IMD warns of heavy rain in Surat, Rajkot as monsoon withdrawal nears
Reported by The Economic Times.
Belda observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Jamkandorna mandal is Shri Nathjidada Ni Jagya. No temple of this dedication is on record within Belda 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, Belda ranks #45 of 47 villages in Jamkandorna mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belda is a village of 425 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Jamkandorna taluka, Rajkot district, Gujarat, the 45th-largest of 47 villages in Jamkandorna taluka. Literacy is 71%, 2 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 360405, served by Jamkandorna post office; the LGD village code is 513299. The sarpanch is JYOTSHANABEN HARSUKHBHAI VORA, and the village votes in Kalavad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chavda Meghjibhai Amarabhai. The population is estimated at 501 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Belda →
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.
Centred on Jamkandorna mandal
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