Chhaya is a city and a municipality in Porbandar district and

Porbandar Taluka Porbandar is a city in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of the Porbandar District and it was the former capi ...

in the state of Gujarat, India.

Geography

Chhaya is situated on the west bank of the Porbandar creek and the Mokal Ran lies to the west of it.

Demographics

India census, Chhaya had a population of 38,525. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chhaya has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 62%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to the 1881 census it had 996 inhabitants.

History

It was the

Jethva Jethwa (or Jethva, Jaitwa, Jethi) is a clan ( Gotra) Rajput and Koli castes of Gujarat. See also *rathwa Origin It has been suggested that the Saindhava dynasty ruling eastern part of Saurashtra peninsula is now represented by the presen ...

capital after the abandonment of Ranpur and previous to the adoption of Porbandar, and the old palace is still there. Jethwas are from Chhaya village. The Jethwas have had capitals at starting with Morvi in 900 AD, changing with times to Shrinagar, Dhank, Chhaya, Ghumli, Ranpur and lastly to Porbandar (from 1685 till 1947).

Suburb of Porbandar

Now Chhaya is the suburb of Porbandar city with modern facilities.

Main-attraction

Darbargarh, the palace of Jethwas at Chhaya was built around 1600. The traditional Garba is organized here from monarchy period in Darbargadh area. Only traditional musical instruments and lyrics are used, no DJ.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cities and towns in Porbandar district {{Porbandar-geo-stub