Thordi is a village /
panchayat located in the
Gir Gadhada Taluka of
Gir Somnath district
Gir Somnath is a district of Gujarat, India. It is located on the southern corner of the Kathiawar peninsula with its headquarters at the city of Somnath.
Gir Somnath was split from Junagadh district in August 2013, when seven new districts came ...
in
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 ...
State, India. Earlier, until August 2013, Thordi was part of
Una Taluka and
Junagadh district
Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.
Geography
The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Gir Somnath district ( ...
.
The latitude 20.973820 and longitude 70.833509 are the geo-coordinate of the Village Thordi.
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 ...
is the state capital of Thordi village which is located around 400 kilometres away from Thordi.
According to Census 2011, with the 303 families, the population of this village is 1670. Out of this, 830 are males and 840 are females. Most residents are dependent on agriculture.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Thordi has 303 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 69.74%.
List of villages in Gir Gadhada taluka
Villages:
Revenue records list forty-three villages for Gir Gadhada Taluka.
#Ambavad
#Ankolali
#Babariya
#Bediya
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Bhakha
#Bhiyal
#Bodidar
#Dhokadva
#Dhrabavad
#Dron
#Fareda
#Fatsar
#Fulka
#Gir Gadhada
# Harmadiya
#Itvaya
#Jamvala
#Janjariya
#Jaragli
#Jhudvadli
#Juna Ugla
#Kanakiya
#Kaneri
#Kansariya
#Khilavad
#Kodiya
#Mahobatpara
#Motisar
#Nagadiya
#Nitli
#Panderi
#Rasulpara
#Sanosri
#Sanvav
#Sonariya
#Sonpura
#Thordi
#Ugla
#Umedpara
#Undarari
#Vadli
#Vadviyala
#Velakot
Notable people
Tapomurti Sadguru Shastri Shri
Narayanprasaddasji Swami (Girdhar Radadiya) was a well known
Sadhu
''Sadhu'' (, IAST: ' (male), ''sādhvī'' or ''sādhvīne'' (female), also spelled ''saddhu'') is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. They are sometimes alternatively ...
/
Swami
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of
Swaminarayan Sampraday
The Swaminarayan Sampradaya, also known as Swaminarayan Hinduism and Swaminarayan movement, is a Hinduism, Hindu Vaishnava sampradaya rooted in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita, characterized by the Bhakti, worship of its Charismatic authority, c ...
who had belonged to the village. Currently, Nagjibhai Radadiya (Swami's nephew) and his family are living in this village.
References
Villages in Gir Gadhada Taluka
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