Gujarat rural women turn traditional handicrafts into source of livelihood
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Mulad observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
Temples near Mulad
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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, Mulad ranks #5 of 103 villages in Olpad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mulad is a village of 3,755 people in 841 households (Census 2011) in Olpad taluka, Surat district, Gujarat, the 5th-largest of 103 villages in Olpad taluka. Literacy is 70%, 3 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Surat district centre, 32 km from Netrang, the nearest town, 3 km from Boridra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 394110, served by Kim post office; the LGD village code is 523728. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aashirwad Clinic, 5 km away. The village votes in Vagra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. The population is estimated at 4,427 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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