Chamardi (or Chamardi Vacchani) is a large village located within the Vallabhipur Taluka township of the Bhavnagar district (

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

), in West India. It was formerly a part of

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

princely state.

History and population

Chamardi was one of many tribute-paying princely states in the Gohilwar

prant A prant is a historical district in India, and a native British Raj age term for a colonial district. The same name can thus have different meanings depending on the period. Pre-colonial Some prants are traditional names for parts of historical ...

. Chamardi was under the

Eastern Kathiawar Agency The Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency was an agency of the Indian Empire, managing the relations of the Provincial Government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. The political agent in charge of the ...

's colonial authority and was ruled by

Gohil Gohil may refer to: * Gohil dynasty, 12th-century rulers of Saurashtra in modern Gujarat * Guhila, alt ''Gohil'' a clan of Rajput caste People

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Rajput Chieftains from the Bhayat dynasty of the

Bhavnagar State Bhavnagar State was a princely state with 13 Gun Salutes during the British Raj. It was part of Kathiawar Agency in Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra. The State of Bhavnagar covered an area of 2,961 sq. miles and had a population of 618,429 i ...

. It was the headquarters of a ''

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'' Agency. In 1877, the population of the village was 2,371. By 1881, the population had decreased to 2,117. In 1901, Chamardi had a population of 2,168 with a state revenue of 10,000 Rupees, and was paying a tribute of 858 Rupees to the Gaekwar

Baroda State Baroda State was a kingdom within the Maratha Confederacy and later a princely state in present-day Gujarat. It was ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India. With th ...

and

Junagadh State The State of Junagadh or Junagarh was a princely state located in Gujarat, It was ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty since 1654 by first Nawab of Junagarh, Nawab of Junagadh even within the Maratha Confederacy and later British India. which, aft ...

. Historically, Chamardi was one of many native 'princely states' under the authority of the Eastern Kathiawar Agency. Modern-day Chamardi is a large village with a population of 4804 persons in 953 families. The male to female ratio of the village is 1,921 males to 1,737 females.India census 2011

Geography

Chamardi has an elevation of 37 meters above sea level and is at the foot of several high

trachyte Trachyte () is an extrusive igneous rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar. It is usually light-colored and aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained), with minor amounts of mafic minerals, and is formed by the rapid cooling of lava (or shallow intrus ...

peaks. The lower boulders, most of which are water-worn, suggests that the region was once covered by a shallow sea. The Kalobhar River used to flow two miles northwest of the village, until about half a century ago when the river changed its course; it now flows about half a mile to the south.

Modern Chamardi

Administration

Chamardi is located in Vallabhipur Taluka, a township within the Bhavnagar district. Electorally, Chamardi is part of the Bhavnagar parliamentary constituency and Gadhada assembly constituency.

Location and transport

The village is located 7 km from the nearest town Vallabhipur, 26 km west of the

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city and the headquarters of Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Gohil. It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state before it was merged into the Dominion ...

district headquarters, and 200 km from the state capital

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar () is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai. Gandhinagar ...

. Chamardi has two neighbouring railway junctions (Dhola Junction and Shihor Junction), located 21 and 16 km away respectively, which is served by one major railway station (

Ahmedabad Junction railway station Ahmedabad Junction railway station (station code: ADI), commonly known as Kalupur railway station, is the main railway station of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is also the biggest railway station within Gujarat and one of the major railway stat ...

, locally known as Kalupur Station) 175 km away. The closest airport is

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad Airport, officially Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport , is an international airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is named after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. The airport is the b ...

Ahmadabad Ahmedabad is the largest city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Ahmedabad or Ahmadabad may also refer to: Pakistan * Ahmedabad, Punjab, a city in Punjab * Ahmedabad, Gilgit Baltistan, a village in Gilgit-Baltistan * Fort Ahmadabad, or Kot Di ...

which is located 180 km from Chamardi.

Culture

The main languages are Gujarati (local and state official language),

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

and English (national languages). Chamara has a low literacy rate of 71.08% compared to the average 78.03% of Gujarat state. The majority of Chamardi's workforce is employed in the agricultural sector. The village is served by the local Chamardi Primary School, with additional educational institutions accessible in the nearby city of

. The Chamardi Branch Post Office is also located in the village. The post office pin code is 364310 and the telephone code is 02841.

References

Sources and external links

Indian Princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org

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