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Kengora observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Danta mandal is Shree Chhabila Hanuman Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kengora 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, Kengora ranks #168 of 184 villages in Danta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kengora is a village of 261 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Danta taluka, Banas Kantha district, Gujarat, the 168th-largest of 184 villages in Danta taluka. Literacy is 36%, 12 points below the taluka average of 49% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 385110, served by Ambaji post office; the LGD village code is 507829. The village votes in Visnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 308 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sembalpani →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kengora · this village | 261 | 36% | — |
| Sembalpani · Danta | 1,406 | 28% | — |
| Viramveri · Danta | 993 | 28% | — |
| Amblimal · Danta | 428 | 26% | — |
| Naivada · Danta | 360 | 39% | — |
| Dabhchatra · Danta | 325 | 16% | — |
| Ghodatankani · Danta | 277 | 14% | — |
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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