Sankheda furniture in a living room setting

The town of Sankheda in

Chhota Udaipur district Chhota Udaipur district is a district in the state of Gujarat in India. It was carved out of the Vadodara district on 26 January 2013 with its headquarters at Chhota Udaipur town and is the 28th district of Gujarat. Establishment The district c ...

is known for its lacquer work. The work is done on country wood which, being brown, gives darker shades. It is known for its handcrafted furniture, which is made from

teak wood Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters ( pan ...

. This furniture is exported to countries all over the world. Sankheda is located on the banks of the Orsang River. It is located 55 km away from

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...

. The neighboring towns are

Dabhoi Dabhoi is a town and a municipality in the Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India. History Dabhoi was historically known as Darbhavati, Darbikagrama, Darbhavatipura, and Dabhohi. It is first mentioned in the sixth century astrono ...

(21 km),

Bodeli Bodeli is a town and taluka in Chhota Udaipur district in the eastern part of the state of Gujarat, India. History Bodeli became a taluka on 26 January 2013 along with the new district of Chhota Udaipur. It was part of the Vadodara distric ...

(21 km), and

Waghodia Waghodia or Vaghodia (Gujarati વાઘોડિયા) is one of the taluka headquarters of Vadodara district in Gujarat state. Demographics As of Indian census 2001, Waghodia had a population of 13,480, where men are 7,108 while women are 6 ...

(27 km). Development of this town comes from a huge contribution made by Dr. Jethalal K.

Parikh Parikh is a name found among Hindus of the Bania caste and also Jains. In means ''assayer'' in the Gujarati language and has its roots in the Sanskrit word for ''examiner''. Both the Oswal and Porwal communities of India have clans called ''Pare ...

, who worked really hard to provide good education and employment to the local community. There are schools and hospitals named after his wife. The local community appreciates his efforts to develop the town. A road was named after him, and there is a statue of him at the entrance to the town. Shri Bhikhubhai Shah, who was a freedom fighter and a lawyer, donated agricultural land in the "Bhumidan Movement" by

Vinoba Bhave Vinayak Narahari, also known as Vinoba Bhave (; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called ''Acharya'' (Sanskrit teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is con ...

High school

The

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

is named after D.B.

Parekh Parekh (Indian) is a surname similar to Parikh. It is an Indian surname mainly used in the Hindu and Jains in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. It is Baniya caste. It means assayer in Gujarati, from the Sanskrit word pariksaka or 'examiner.' A ...

, who donated money to build it in a time when the town was very poor. The D.B. Parekh High School is still attended by the kids of Sankheda.

High school

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