Perpetual shortage: Why water scarcity persists in Gujarat
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Pratapnagar observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Savli mandal is Shree Muktajivan Swami Bapa Smruti Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pratapnagar 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, Pratapnagar ranks #37 of 87 villages in Savli mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pratapnagar is a village of 1,488 people in 297 households (Census 2011) in Savli taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 37th-largest of 87 villages in Savli taluka. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391520, served by Samlaya R S post office; the LGD village code is 519800. The village votes in Daskroi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babubhai Patel. The population is estimated at 1,754 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pratapnagar →
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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