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Dudhala observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Talala mandal is Jay Khijdamama. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dudhala 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, Dudhala ranks #53 of 96 villages in Talala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dudhala is a village of 48 people in 7 households (Census 2011) in Talala taluka, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, the 53rd-largest of 96 villages in Talala taluka. Literacy is 2%, 63 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Gir Somnath district centre, 43 km from Atkot, the nearest town, 7 km from Lathi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362130, served by Visavadar post office; the LGD village code is 514913. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shubham Clinic, 5 km away. The village votes in Wankaner assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kantilal Somani. The population is estimated at 57 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.
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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