Kundrodi is a small village in
Mundra Taluka in
Kachchh District of Gujarat, India, and is located between Anjar and Mundra. It is around 40 km from Gandhidham and around 60 km from Bhuj. The
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...
is 370410. Kundrodi is surrounded by Mandvi Taluka towards west, Anjar Taluka towards North, Adipur Taluka towards East and Bhuj Taluka towards North. Mandvi, Adipur,
Bhuj
Bhuj () is a Municipality and District Headquarters of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India.
Etymology
According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to Kin ...
,
Gandhidham
Gandhidham, initially known as Sardarganj, is the largest and most populous city in Kutch District, Gujarat, India. It was created in the early 1950s for the resettlement of Sindhi Hindu refugees from Sindh (now in Pakistan) in the aftermath ...
are the nearby cities to Kundrodi. Kundrodi is very close to the much-coveted Mundra port which is hardly 10 to 15 km from the village.
Demographics
Around 229 families stay in Kundrodi and the total population as per 2011 census
of Kundrodi is 986. Gujarati is the Local Language here. However most people speak Kutchi.
Places of worship
Though Kundrodi is very small village, it houses a temple of "
Momai Mata / Ambe Mata" who is a Hindu goddess and is considered to be the main temple for entire Chothani (Rachcha) family. Most of the Chothanis have moved and settled to Mumbai/Ahmedabad, however they gather once a year at Kundrodi to worship the deity.
Kundrodi also has many other temples which are maintained and attended by locals.
Industries
Philips Carbon Black Limited (PCBL), part of RP Goenka Group, is a carbon processing industry which is very close to Kundrodi.
Another large industry close to Kundrodi is Chromeni steels Pvt Ltd which is into stainless steel production. This is a Chinese company which has invested around 6000 Crs in this plant.
Notable people and tourism places.
The music director
Kalyanji Anandji
Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, f ...
was born here in 1933. Kalyanji and Anandji were born to Virji Shah on 2 March 1933. Their father was a
Kutchi businessman who had migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a kirana (provision store)..
Also, Jungle wood forest homes
weekend homes, forest stay is a great tourism place developed and conceptualized by Mr. R.k Jain
srv group SRV may refer to:
Computing
*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System
*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systems
Music
* Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues and blues-rock guitarist (1954–1990)
*"S.R.V.", an instrumental track from gui ...
and designed by srv group in kundrodi, kutch.
References
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Villages in Kutch district