‘I was engaged at 11’: Gujarat village uses early engagements to keep girls out of sex work
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Samadhiyala observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
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, Samadhiyala ranks #54 of 73 villages in Gadhada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samadhiyala Gujaratలోని Botad జిల్లా, Gadhada తాలూకాలో 1,203 జనాభా 206 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Gadhada తాలూకాలోని 73 గ్రామాలలో 54వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 68%, తాలూకా సగటు 60% కంటే 7 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 969 మహిళలు. ఇది Botad జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 104 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Dhari నుండి 13 కి.మీ, Bhader రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 9 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 364750, Gadhada Sn పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 516148. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Shivam Clinic, 6 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ Samadhiyala; గ్రామం Jasdan అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 1,418, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Samadhiyala →
| గ్రామం | జనాభా | అక్షరాస్యత | దూరం |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samadhiyala · ఈ గ్రామం | 1,203 | 68% | — |
| Samadhiyala · Umrala | 1,830 | 58% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Samadhiyala · Upleta | 2,569 | 67% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Samadhiyala · Gariadhar | 2,040 | 63% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Samadhiyala · Bagasara | 1,934 | 70% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Samadhiyala · Vinchchiya | 2,013 | 50% | 0 కి.మీ N |
| Samadhiyala · Babra | 869 | 56% | 0 కి.మీ N |
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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