Kundrodi is a small village in

Mundra Mundra is a census town and a headquarter of Mundra Taluka of Kutch district, Kachchh district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. Founded in about the 1640s, the town was an important mercantile centre and port thr ...

Taluka in

Kachchh District Kutch district (), officially spelled Kachchh is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km2, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than ...

of Gujarat, India, and is located between Anjar and Mundra. It is around 40 km from Gandhidham and around 60 km from Bhuj. The

postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

is 370410. Kundrodi is surrounded by Mandvi Taluka towards west, Anjar Taluka towards North, Adipur Taluka towards East and Bhuj Taluka towards North. Mandvi, Adipur,

Bhuj Bhuj () is a city and the headquarters of Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Etymology According to legend, Kutch (Kachchh) was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to King B ...

Gandhidham Gandhidham, initially known as Sardarganj, located in the eastern part of Kutch district, in the state of Gujarat. It is the largest and most populous city in (Kachchh) Kutch District, Gujarat, India. It was created in the early 1950s for the res ...

are the nearby cities to Kundrodi. Kundrodi is very close to the much-coveted Mundra port which is hardly 10 to 15 km from the village.

Demographics

Around 229 families stay in Kundrodi and the total population as per 2011 census of Kundrodi is 986. Gujarati is the Local Language here. However most people speak Kutchi.

Places of worship

Though Kundrodi is very small village, it houses a temple of " Momai Mata / Ambe Mata" who is a Hindu goddess and is considered to be the main temple for entire Chothani (Rachcha) family. Most of the Chothanis have moved and settled to Mumbai/Ahmedabad, however they gather once a year at Kundrodi to worship the deity. Kundrodi also has many other temples which are maintained and attended by locals.

Industries

Philips Carbon Black Limited (PCBL), part of RP Goenka Group, is a carbon processing industry which is very close to Kundrodi. Another large industry close to Kundrodi is Chromeni steels Pvt Ltd which is into stainless steel production. This is a Chinese company which has invested around 6000 Crs in this plant.

Notable people and tourism places.

The music director

Kalyanji Anandji Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, ...

was born here in 1933. Kalyanji and Anandji were born to Virji Shah on 2 March 1933. Their father was a Kutchi businessman who had migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a kirana (provision store). Also, Jungle wood forest homes weekend homes, forest stay is a great tourism place developed and conceptualized by Mr. R.k Jain srv group and designed by srv group in kundrodi, kutch.

References

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