Jodia (also spelled Jodiya) is a town in

Jamnagar district Jamnagar District is a district of Gujarat in Western India. Its headquarters are located in the eponymous city of Jamnagar. It hosts the production facilities of large Indian companies such as Reliance. Among its attractions are several palac ...

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 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. Jodia was the well-known port of India before 1947. The activity of jodiya Port was at peak in 1980 era. Jodiya Port had railway connectivity till 1978.It has a sainik school located at Balachadi. It is the birthplace of

Gunatitanand Swami Gunatitanand Swami (28 September 1784 – 11 October 1867), born Mulji Jani, was a paramhansa of the Hindu Swaminarayan Sampradaya who was ordained by Swaminarayan and is accepted as the first spiritual successor of Swaminarayan by the Bochas ...

. There is a clothes and a fish market. India's Second longest expressway Amritsar-Jamnagar economic corridor passing in this sub division.

Desalination plant

In November 2018,

Gujarat Water Infrastructure Limited Gujarat () is a state along the 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 fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth- ...

(GWIL) signed a memorandum of understanding with Essel InfraProjects to develop a 100 million liters per day (MLD) seawater

desalination Desalination is a process that removes mineral components from saline water. More generally, desalination is the removal of salts and minerals from a substance. One example is Soil salinity control, soil desalination. This is important for agric ...

plant at the port of Jodia. The treatment plant was planned to provide water for to the water grid of Gujarat for the next 25 years to Jamnagar, Rajkot and Morbi cities along with the other adjoining areas.

Jodiya Port Revival

Indian Government is carrying out a Survey to revive Jodiya Port with revival of long Hadmatiya - Dhrol - Jodiya Railway line & construction of long

Jamnagar Jamnagar () is a city and the headquarters of Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch, some west of the state capital, Gandhinagar. The city was the capital of Nawanagar State, Na ...

- Jodiya new Railway line.

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Cities and towns in Jamnagar district Ports and harbours of Gujarat {{Jamnagar-geo-stub