Obri

Intro

Obri is a beautiful village situated in Vaagar area of Rajasthan, surrounded by water on each side. It is just west of the Moran River. It is a very scenic village and has a major market. It is a major revenue generating village. There is a beautiful kund 'Suryakunda' in the village with Gomukh, wherefrom a continuous flow of water can be seen. Also, a 'Vadikhand temple' of spiritual importance lies at a beautiful location midst of farms outside village.

Infrastructure

Obri is not connected with any main road, so transportation can be a problem.

Education level

Obri has around 8-10 schools including a main Government Senior Secondary school, Government middle school,holy faith public sec.school and other 5-6 private schools, etc. Around 76% of Obri's population is educated in which half of them have graduate level education. A few people have higher level education including Doctor, CA, Engineer, Lawyer, Computer Engg,Policemen etc. Obri Senior school has a record 100% result for five consecutive years in commerce stream. Obri has 17 CA which is highest in Dungarpur.

Economics

Obri has good financial status among all Dungarpur villages with most of its revenues are from shops around the village. An ample amount of people are in Kuwait earning handsome amount of money. Youngsters are either having their own business in Obri itself or working in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, or nearby cities. many of the person are also generate money by farming.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census there were 1,144 families living in Obri village for a total of 5,243 inhabitants, of which 2,600 were male (49.6%) while 2,643 were female (50.4%).

Religion

The village has around 12 major Hindu castes and also has a good number of Muslim families and celebrating their festivals joyously.all the festival celebrate all religion together

Festivals

Obri celebrates a variety of festivals, among which most famous Hindus festival are Holi, Diwali, Ravadi, Navratri, Dasehra, etc. Futra is one of the major attractions in Obri. It is on the fifth day of Holi Festival and very famous among 10 surrounding villages of Obri. More than ten thousand people gathered together for watching the Futra festival. And Muslims festival are also celebrate all people together.

Basic Necessities

Obri is up-to-date with most of the required things in the present scenario, including electricity, water, education, all mobile services, broadband, cable, bus and transportation, bank, etc. The only thing Obri does not have is a Police Station, which in fact is not needed as there is very low crime rate. No doubt obri has very low crime rate but police station is one of the most requirement.

Nearby villages/towns

Obri is surrounded by medium and small sized villages including Decha, Virat, Barbodaniya, Aantri, Gada Vejaniya, Piplagunj, Gamda Brahmaniya, Govadi, Colony, Sagwara, Gata Ka Gaon, Favta, Gotad, Khadagda, Ambada, Chadoli, Simalwara,bansiya. In East - Jhora patali, daiyana, Gotad,Khadagada,Ambada, Urban (Sagwara) etc. In West - Decha, Favta, Borkhed, etc. In North - Virat, Biliya Badgama, Antri etc. In South - PARDA MEHTA, Ghata ka Gaon, Chadoli, Bhemai, Bansiya, Simalwara(Tehsil) etc. In North-East - Gada vejania, Barbodania, Piplagunj, Gamra Brahmania, Govadi,