Chaparda
Catchment Area Dadaji – Vrudhashram – Chaparada
| No | District | No. of Senior citizens |
| 1 | Junagadh | 27 |
| 2 | Mumbai | 10 |
| 3 | Amreli | 16 |
| 4 | Porbandar | 03 |
| 5 | Rajkot | 12 |
| 6 | Bhavanagar | 05 |
| 7 | Surat | 07 |
| 8 | Gir-somnath | 08 |
| 9 | Ahemdabad | 05 |
| 10 | Srinagar | 02 |
| 11 | other | 03 Morbi, Mehsana , Jamnagar – one each |
| Total | 98 |
Castewise breakdown
| No | Caste | No. of Senior citizens |
| 1 | Brahman | 15 |
| 2 | Pali | 15 |
| 3 | Darji | 09 |
| 4 | Vaniya | 06 |
| 5 | Lohana | 05 |
| 6 | Luhar | 06 |
| 7 | Ahir | 04 |
| 8 | Suthar | 03 |
| 9 | Bavaji | 06 |
| 10 | Mochi (Harijan) | 04 |
| 11 | Bagi | 03 |
| 12 | Soni | 03 |
| 13 | Darbar | 04 |
| 14 | Vanand | 03 |
| 15 | Kumbhar | 04 |
| 16 | Others | 08 |
| Total | 98 |
Education of Senior citizens
| No | Education | No. of Senior citizens |
| 1 | Illiterate | 43 |
| 2 | Primary | 37 |
| 3 | Secondary | 15 |
| 4 | H.S.C. | – |
| 5 | Graduate | 01 |
| 6 | Post Graduate | 02 |
| Total | 98 |
Activity at Vrudhashram
Gardening
Some seniors have a hobby of gardening. We have beautiful garden in front of the vrudhashram. The seniors who are interested in gardening enjoy nursing the plants and watering them.
Reading
Many seniors are literate and very much interested in reading religious books and magazines. Some of them visit school library and read in the library reading room and borrow books for reading in the vrudhashram.
Story Telling
Some seniors have deep and wide knowledge and experience of their life which they share with others by telling stories. They generally talk about religious and social happenings in life. The story time is generally in the evening.
Music and Bhajan
Generally, seniors after finishing tea and light refreshment in the evening sing bhajan and spiritual songs.
Listening Radio
Some seniors are very much interested in listening to news, songs, cricket commentary and others enjoy chatting with their friends.
Watching T.V.
After finishing their dinner at 8: 00pm, they watch TV programs like serials Ramayana, Mahabharata, Mahadeva etc. All the people enjoy this program very much.
Social Service.
Some energetic seniors help the other seniors in using toilet and bathroom. They also serve the food to those who are unable to go to mess. Some help in the kitchen and serve food in the mess. They are all happy & enjoy this.
Tour and Picnic.
The management of Vrudhashram arranges the holy trips for various places like Sattadhar, Guptprayag, Somanath, Pobandar, Dwarka, Haridwar etc. once or twice in the year. In 2019, our seniors visited the holy place of Haridwar. Both men and women were taken to this place of pilgrimage and they enjoyed the trip very much.
