‘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 Mangrol and the rest of Gujarat.
12 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.
Mangrol is a mandal in Surat district, Gujarat, comprising 92 revenue villages and 76 gram panchayats. According to Census 2011, the mandal had a population of 163,598 across 34,986 households, with a literacy rate of 66.1% and sex ratio of 904. The mandal has achieved 100% tap water coverage under JJM, with agriculture being a significant occupation: 10,851 cultivators and 27,979 agricultural labourers among 71,931 workers. Major villages include Pipodara, Palod, and Nani Naroli.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Mangrol mandal.
ഗ്രാമം തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത് ആളുകൾ, പോസ്റ്റുകൾ, ജോലികൾ, സേവനങ്ങൾ എന്നിവയുള്ള പേജ് തുറക്കുക.
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.