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Name

Sardhar is said to derive its name from the ''Sardbnri Dhar'', a long trap dyke, which is one of the principal watersheds of the centre of

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. As the town was at the head or beginning of the dhar or dyke it was called Sardhar or head of the dhar or dyke. The dyke consists of columnar basalt and has a length of approximately 50 km (more than 30 miles) at a height of 12–30 m (40–100 feet).

Infrastructure

Sardhar is well connected via road being at the crossroads of Highway 25 and Highway 122. The village has all the base amenities such as a bank, a post office, a petrol pump, a police station and a local market. Sprawling

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Mandir Sardhar (Sardhar dham) and prusti sampraday mandir known as Balkrushna haveli and Kashipara Parivar Math are notable temples.

Nature

The Aji River has its source in the hilly areas halfway between Sardhar and Rajkot.Aji River.
Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department (Water Resources Division).

Population

The population according to the census of 1872 was 2,922 inhabitants and according to that of 1881 was 2,805 inhabitants. Now, according to the Population Census of 2011, the population of the village is around 8,137, of which 3,878 are females and 4,259 are males in a total of 1,607 families.
/ref> 3,567 people were engaged in main activities, of whom at least 1,044 were cultivators owning or co-owning fields and 616 were agricultural labourers. 91.5% of workers describe their work as ''main work'' (being employed or earning income for more than six months) while 8.5% were involved in ''marginal activity'' (providing livelihood for less than six months).

History

Sardhar was held by the Vaghelas for many years and was in their possession at the time of

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. However, the city was lost to the Vaghelas after constant raids by the Muhanimadans. In the 1880s Sardhar was famous for iron oil vessels manufactured by the local smiths.

Notable people

Amrut Ghayal Amrutlal Laljee Bhatt (1916–2002), better known by his pen name Amrut Ghayal, was a Gujarati language poet from India. Life Amrutlal Bhatt was born in Sardhar near Rajkot on 19 August 1916 to Lalji Bhatt and Santokben. He studied up to sevent ...

, a Gujarati language poet, was born in Sardhar on 30 September 1915.

Codes

* The PIN Code for the village is 360025 * The Telephone Code is 0281

References

{{Coord, 22.1359548, 70.9775161, display=title Villages in Rajkot district