‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
Reported by Telegraph India.
Navratri (Garba) falls on Sunday, 11 October 2026 across Mahuva and the rest of Gujarat.
14 village centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a village to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM; the cross marks the mandal centroid. Not a survey map.
Mahuva mandal is situated in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat. It encompasses 119 revenue villages and 115 gram panchayats with a Census 2011 population of 3,00,063. The mandal has a literacy rate of 55.4% and a sex ratio of 974. Of the 1,29,407 workers, 34,935 are cultivators and 52,106 are agricultural labourers, reflecting a significant agricultural workforce. Complete JJM tap water coverage has been achieved.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Mahuva mandal.
ಗ್ರಾಮ ಆರಿಸಿ ಜನರು, ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ಗಳು, ಉದ್ಯೋಗ, ಸೇವೆಗಳ ಪುಟ ತೆರೆಯಿರಿ.
Answers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.
Reported by Telegraph India.
Reported by Telegraph India.
Reported by Bhaskar English.