Amod, Gujarat

Amod
town
Amod Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 22°00′N 72°52′E / 22.00°N 72.87°E / 22.00; 72.87Coordinates: 22°00′N 72°52′E / 22.00°N 72.87°E / 22.00; 72.87
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Bharuch
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Amod is a town and capital of a taluka in Bharuch district, Gujarat, India. It is situated about a mile south of the Dhadhar River, some 30 miles (48 km) south-west of Vadodara and 24 miles (38 km) north of Bharuch,^[1] on the NH 228 road (the "Dandi heritage route") between Bharuch and Jambusar.

Amod was the seat of a Thakore Sahib, who owned about 21,200 acres (86 km²) of land at the start of the 20th century. The income of the estate was about ₨72,000, compared with the income of Amod municipality (established 1890) of ₨6,100.^[1]

References

1 2 "Amod Town", Imperial Gazetteer of India 5, Oxford: Clarendon, 1908, p. 306 .

Municipalities of Gujarat

Municipal Corporations	Ahmedabad Bhavnagar Jamnagar Junagadh Rajkot Surat gandhinagar Vadodara

Municipalities	Aaklav Amod Amreli Anand Anjar Ankleshwar Babra Badhar Bagasra Balasinor Bardoli Bareja Barwala Batava Bavla Bayad Bhachau Bhanvad Bharuch Bhayavadar Bhuj Bilimora Boriavi Borsad Botad Chaklasi Chalala Chanasma Chhaya Chhota Udaipur Chorwad Chotila Dabhoi Dahod Dakor Damnagar Deesa Dehgam Devgadh Baria Dhandhuka Dhanera Dharampur Dholka Dhoraji Dhrangadhra Dhrola Dwarka Gadhda Gandevi Gandhidham Gariadhar Godhra Gondal Hadvad Halol Harij Himmatnagar Idar Jafrabad Jam Rawal Jambusar Jamjodhpur Jasdan Jetpur Jhalod Kadi Kalavad Kalol (Gandhinagar) Kalol (Panchmahal) Kanjari Kansad Kapadvanj Karamsad Karjan Kathlal Keshod Khambadia Khambhat Kheda Khedbrahma Kheralu Kodinar Kutiyana Lathi Limbdi Lunawada Madiya Miyana Mahudha Mahuva Manavadar Mandvi Mandvi Mangrol Mansa Mehmdabad Mehsana Modasa Morbi Nadiad Navsari Oad Okha Padra Palanpur Palitana Pardi Patan Patdi Pethapur Petlad Porbandar Prantij Radhanpur Rajpipla Rajula Ranavav Rapar Sahera Salaya Sanand Santrampur Savarkundla Savri Sidhpur Sihor Sikka Sojitra Songadh Surendranagar Sutrapada Talaja Talala Talod Tarsali Thangadh Thara Tharad Thasra Umargam Umreth Una Unjha Upleta Vadali Vadhwan Vadnagar Vallabh Vidhyanagar Vallabhipur Vanthali Vapi Veraval Vijalpor Vijapur Viramgam Visavadar Visnagar Vyara Wankaner

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