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Shekhdod observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Sayla mandal is Navlakha temple, Sejakpar. No temple of this dedication is on record within Shekhdod 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, Shekhdod ranks #65 of 71 villages in Sayla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhdod is a village of 416 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Sayla taluka, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, the 65th-largest of 71 villages in Sayla taluka. Literacy is 49%, about the same as the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 363440, served by Sudamada post office; the LGD village code is 512486. The sarpanch is PANCHABHAI PUNJABHAI LUNI, and the village votes in Limbdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana. The population is estimated at 490 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ninama →
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 Sayla mandal
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