Jambughoda is a village and

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in the

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. The village has a population of 2,731, while the overall tehsil has a population of 42,476. The Tehsil is well known for the

Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary Jambughoda is a Wildlife Sanctuary situated in Jambughoda Tehsil, in the South-Central part of Gujarat, and the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests' ecoregion in India. It is located 70 km from Vadodara and 20 km from prominent tourist places suc ...

Geography

Jambughoda is located in the eastern part of Panchmahal, in a region covered by hills and forests. This area has shallow, sandy soil and receives slightly less rainfall than the western part of Panchmahal.

Demographics

India

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,2001 and 2011 - Government of Gujarat
/ref> Jambughoda had a population of 42,476. There are 7,900 households. People belonging to Scheduled Tribes are 15,112 (36%). The

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in the tehsil of Jambughoda in 2011 was 64%, which was lower than the average rate of 71% in all of Panchmahal district. The tehsil of Jambughoda contained 55 villages in 2011 (including Jambughoda itself), all of which had access to

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and clean

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, 49 of which had schools, 13 of which had medical facilities, 16 of which had

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, 49 of which had transport communications (

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, or navigable waterways), 3 of which had

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s, 5 of which had agricultural credit societies, and 46 of which had pucca roads. 54.1% of the total land area in Jambughoda tehsil was under cultivation, and 25.8% of the land under cultivation was irrigated. In 2011, the village of Jambughoda itself had a population of 2,731 people, in 633 households. It possessed 3

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, 1 secondary school, 2 senior secondary schools, and 2 vocational training schools, as well as a community health centre, a public library, and a regular market. The town had access to

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, and landlines as well as cell phone coverage. Jambughoda had pucca roads, but not water-bound Macadam roads. These roads were not connected to

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, but they were connected to

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. Jambughoda did not have a railway station.

History

Before 1947, Jambughoda was the seat of the princely state of Jambughoda (former narukot state), which was merged with the

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on 10 June 1948. The state had been ruled by the Hindu

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clan of

Kolis The Koli is an Indian caste found in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir states in India. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas the ...

Rulers of Jambughoda State

Thakor Sahibs

*.... - .... Dipsinhji Jagatsinhji (b. 1841 - d. ....) *.... - 27 Sep 1917 Gambhirsimhji (d. 1917) *27 Sep 1917 – 15 Aug 1947 Ranjitsinhji Gambhirsinhji (b. 1892 - d. 1962)

Agriculture

The predominant crops in the village of Jambughoda are castor, corn,

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

, and

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. Due to an almost total lack of

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facilities in the village, agriculture is largely dependent on

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References

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