Amreli

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FieldValue
nameAmreli
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineAmreli tower.jpg
image_captionAmreli Tower
pushpin_mapIndia Gujarat#India3
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Gujarat, India
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name1Gujarat
subdivision_name2Amreli
established_title
governing_bodyNagarpalika
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km265
elevation_m128
population_total117967
population_as_of2011
population_density_km21815
demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code365601, 365xxx, 364xxx (Amreli)
area_code02792
area_code_typeTelephone code
registration_plateGJ-14
website
demographics1_info1Gujarati
population_est146,014
pop_est_as_of2021
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::callout[type=note] the municipality in India ::

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History

It is believed that during 534 AD Amreli existed was formerly known as Anumanji, Amlik and then Amravati. The city is named in ancient Gujrati as Amarvalli. It is learnt from the inscription in the Nagnath temple that ancient name of Amreli city was Amarpalli. It was also called Girvanvalli. Amongst the remains of the ancient town are the memorial stones or paliya and foundations discovered in the fork of the Thebi and Vari rivers, and two old temples, Kamnath and Trimbaknath, on the west and east of the river.

In the eighteenth century only the west and south of modern Amreli, still called Juni or Old Amreli, were inhabited. The old inner fort, called Juna Kot, was used as a jail, and the Juna Masjid near it, belong to the old town. Modern Amreli dates from 1793, when Vakhatsingh of Bhavnagar sacked the neighboring Kathi possession of Chital and drove many of its people to Amreli and Jetpur.

Initially Amreli was the part of the former Gaekwad of Vadodara. Very little information on historical background is available for Amreli District prior to becoming part of erstwhile Baroda State.

When Damajirao Gaekwad, the Maratha general, came to Kathiawad in about 1730, three parties viz Kathis of Devalia carter, some Saiyads holding major part of Amreli. Obtained for the king of Delhi, and Faujdar of Junagadh, subordinate to suba of Ahmedabad, held sway. Damajirao and the Maratha forces defeated all three and levied tribute on all of them. Later Damajirao Gaekwad, established military camps at Amreli and Lathi in 1742–43 A.D. In 1800, the then Gaekwads appointed (1810–1815) Vithalrao Devaji (Dighe/Kathewad Diwanji) as Sar Subah of the Gaekwad's Kathiawad possessions. Vithalrao Devaji settled in Amreli and developed the city and its surrounding regions over the next 23 years. It was during this period that Amreli became a proper city. He built many works of public utility; among others, temples, offices, a market, and a dam for the water-supply of the town. It was under Amreli-Okhamandal division, one of four divisions of Baroda State.

During the Gaekwad regime in 1886, compulsory and free education policy was adopted in Amreli for the first time. After Indian independence in 1947, the district became the part of Saurashtra State which was later merged with Bombay State in 1956. After bifurcation of Bombay State in 1960 into Gujarat and Maharashtra, it became part of Gujarat under Amreli district.

Climate

|location = Amreli (1991–2020, extremes 1973–present) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |width = auto | Jan record high C = 36.6 | Feb record high C = 39.4 | Mar record high C = 43.6 | Apr record high C = 45.6 | May record high C = 46.2 | Jun record high C = 45.6 | Jul record high C = 39.1 | Aug record high C = 38.6 | Sep record high C = 40.1 | Oct record high C = 42.1 | Nov record high C = 38.2 | Dec record high C = 36.6 |year record high C = 46.2 | Jan record low C = 1.6 | Feb record low C = 3.5 | Mar record low C = 9.1 | Apr record low C = 14.1 | May record low C = 18.0 | Jun record low C = 20.6 | Jul record low C = 21.4 | Aug record low C = 21.1 | Sep record low C = 18.1 | Oct record low C = 14.4 | Nov record low C = 9.1 | Dec record low C = 4.1 |year record low C = 1.6 |Jan high C = 29.6 |Feb high C = 32.4 |Mar high C = 36.8 |Apr high C = 40.4 |May high C = 41.0 |Jun high C = 37.3 |Jul high C = 32.7 |Aug high C = 31.4 |Sep high C = 32.9 |Oct high C = 35.3 |Nov high C = 33.7 |Dec high C = 30.8 | year high C = 34.5 |Jan low C = 11.7 |Feb low C = 14.7 |Mar low C = 19.1 |Apr low C = 23.2 |May low C = 25.8 |Jun low C = 26.5 |Jul low C = 25.3 |Aug low C = 24.4 |Sep low C = 23.5 |Oct low C = 21.5 |Nov low C = 17.2 |Dec low C = 13.1 | year low C = 20.6 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 0.0 | Feb rain mm = 0.0 | Mar rain mm = 1.3 | Apr rain mm = 4.6 | May rain mm = 3.2 | Jun rain mm = 112.8 | Jul rain mm = 213.3 | Aug rain mm = 139.9 | Sep rain mm = 109.5 | Oct rain mm = 25.1 | Nov rain mm = 4.9 | Dec rain mm = 0.3 | year rain mm = 615.0 | Jan rain days = 0.0 | Feb rain days = 0.0 | Mar rain days = 0.1 | Apr rain days = 0.2 | May rain days = 0.5 | Jun rain days = 5.2 | Jul rain days = 9.0 | Aug rain days = 7.1 | Sep rain days = 5.5 | Oct rain days = 1.2 | Nov rain days = 0.4 | Dec rain days = 0.0 | year rain days = |time day = 17:30 IST | Jan humidity = 28 | Feb humidity = 22 | Mar humidity = 19 | Apr humidity = 19 | May humidity = 29 | Jun humidity = 54 | Jul humidity = 69 | Aug humidity = 72 | Sep humidity = 64 | Oct humidity = 42 | Nov humidity = 33 | Dec humidity = 30 |year humidity = 40 |source 1 = India Meteorological Department | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025145/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf | archive-date = 8 April 2024 | url = https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf | title = Station: Aizwal Climatological Table 1991–2020 | work = Climatological Normals 1991–2020 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | access-date = 7 July 2024}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = December 2016 | page = M48 | access-date = 28 September 2020}}

Demographics

India census, Amreli had a population of 90,243. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amreli has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

  • Area – 6,760 km².
  • District Population – 15,14,000
  • City Population – 2,75,000
  • Male Literacy – 81.82%
  • Female Literacy – 66.97%
  • Headquarters – Amreli
  • Talukas – 11
  • Villages – 595

Villages

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Amreli City Census 2011 data".
  2. "Pin Codes of Amreli, Gujarat, India, Amreli Pincode Search".
  3. (1884). "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)". Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay.
  4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
  5. (23 October 2014). "Diwali Incentives: I'm a School Dropout, Says Surat Diamond Merchant". International Business Times, India Edition.
  6. (21 October 2014). "Diwali bonanza: Surat boss gifts cars, flats and jewellery as bonus to his employees". Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd..

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