Charkha (Dhari, Gujarat)

Charkha is one of 11 villages in Dhari Taluka and one of 616 in the Amreli district of the Saurashtra peninsula in the Indian state of Gujarat and it was a princely state during British Raj.[1]

History

During the British Raj, Charkha was a village under Lakhapadar thana. Charkha was ruled by Kathi chieftains of the Vala tribe. One of them was H. H. Namdar Maharaj Lakhuwala Punjawala. His son, Namdar Sree Mangluwala Lakhuwala lived near the Dhari village. In 1901, Charkha and a second village, with a combined population of 40,000 generated 1,27,000 rupees in state revenue (1903–4, nearly all from land), paying a 541 rupees tribute, to the Gaikwar Baroda State and Junagadh State.[1]

H.H namdar sree yuvraj adityasinh wala-yuvraj of charkha state

Demographics

According to the 1881 and 1872 censuses, the population of Charkha decreased from 1,613 to 1,414.[2] Charkha village has a population of 677 people in about 179 houses, according to Census 2011.^[citation needed]

References

1. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_175.gif Imperial Gazetteer
2. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 404. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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