Chhaya is a city and a

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Porbandar district Porbandar district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,316 km2. It had a population of 5.85,449 of which 48.77% were urban as of 2011 census This district was carved out of Junagadh ...

and Porbandar Taluka in the state of

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Geography

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

Demographics

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, 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

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period in Darbargadh area. Only traditional musical instruments and lyrics are used, no DJ.

References

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: Cities and towns in Porbandar district {{Porbandar-geo-stub