Gujarat rural women turn traditional handicrafts into source of livelihood
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Sompura 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, Sompura ranks #74 of 118 villages in Dabhoi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sompura is a village of 581 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Dabhoi taluka, Vadodara district, Gujarat, the 74th-largest of 118 villages in Dabhoi taluka. Literacy is 57%, 12 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 391110, served by Dabhoi R.S. post office; the LGD village code is 521024. The sarpanch is Bhailalbhai C Bariya, and the village votes in Jambusar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devkishordasji Bhaktisvarupdasji Swami. The population is estimated at 685 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sompura →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sompura · this village | 581 | 57% | — |
| Paragam · Dabhoi | 582 | 66% | — |
| Bhumasiya · Dabhoi | 427 | 66% | — |
| Jesangpura · Dabhoi | 102 | 33% | — |
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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