Derol or Dedol is a village in the
Sabarkantha district
Sabarkantha district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state of India and is located in the northeastern part of the state. The administrative headquarters of the district are located in Himatnagar.
Geography
Sabarkantha District is bounded ...
of
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the 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 fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, in western
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
History
Derol was a Sixth Class
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
, including a second village in
Mahi Kantha
Mahi Kantha was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta, were included in the Western India States Ag ...
.
It had a combined population of 837 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 1,823 Rupees (1903–1904, mostly from land), paying tributes of 513 Rupees to the Gaikwar
Baroda State
Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its c ...
and 47 Rupees to
Idar State
Idar State, also known as Edar, was a princely state located in present-day Gujarat state of India. During the British era, it was a part of the Mahi Kantha Agency, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency.
History
Idar State was a ...
.
Geography and transportation
* The village's small
Derol railway station
Derol railway station is a small railway station in Panchmahal district, Gujarat. Its code is DRL. It serves Derol village. The station consists of 3 platforms.
Major trains
Following trains halt at Derol railway station in both directions:
...
connects it to
Kalol, which lies on the main trunk road State Highway-5. It is connected to
Godhra
Godhra is a municipality in Panchmahal district in Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Panchmahal district. Originally the name came from ''gou'' which means "cow" and ''dhara''- which have two meanings dependi ...
, 27 km to the north, and
Halol
Halol is a city and a municipality (tehsil) in Panchmahal district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in western India, it has an average elevation of 499 metres (1637 feet). Halol is a major manufacturing hub of Western India, ...
(13 km) and
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...
(50 km) to the south.
* Apart from the highway, it is connected to adjacent villages through a network of country roads. Most of the country roads are paved, single-lane and reasonably maintained. A portion of the route between Kalol and Vadodara is a toll road.
See also
*
Vaghela Derol
Derol, popularly known as Vaghela Derol, is a village situated in Khedbrahma Taluka of Sabarkantha District in Gujarat, India. The village was formerly ruled by Vaghela kings hence the name Vaghela's Derol.
It is located on the banks of Harna ...
, nearby village
External links and sources
History
Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL - Mahi Kantha
Footnotes
{{Princely states of the Western India States Agency
Villages in Sabarkantha district
Princely states of Gujarat