[1] In the year 2022, the government of India honoured Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai by conferring the Padma Shri Award for her contribution to social work.
The community is included in the state list of scheduled tribes.
Coming from a humble background, she worked at the grass root level, and her efforts helped to transform nine villages into open defecation free villages.
She also conducted several awareness programmes on the ill-effects of open defecation.
[2] The award was in recognition of her service as a "Tribal social worker - leading SHGs in working across education, healthcare and sanitation".