Gujarat rural women turn traditional handicrafts into source of livelihood
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Andu observes Navratri (Garba) on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Gujarat.
The principal temple recorded for Dediapada mandal is Chandramouleshwar mahadev temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Andu 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, Andu ranks #164 of 213 villages in Dediapada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Andu is a village of 121 people in 21 households (Census 2011) in Dediapada taluka, Narmada district, Gujarat, the 164th-largest of 213 villages in Dediapada taluka. Literacy is 59%, 6 points above the taluka average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,200 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 393040, served by Dediapada post office; the LGD village code is 521748. The village votes in Padra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chaitanyasinh Zala. The population is estimated at 143 in 2026, up 18% 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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