Amrapur, Jamnagar, Gujarat


Amrapur is a town and former petty princely state in Jamnagar, in Kathiawar, Gujarat state, western India.

Village

Most inhabitants are farmers. Some of them are connected with animal husbandry. Mr Vijaybhai Borsadiya is currently sarpanch of the village‍.

Location

Amrapur is surrounded on three sides by a dam.
Amrapur is located at On Globe.
The road to it is from Kalavad to Ranuja, Dhutarpur, Sumary, Kharavedha, Amrapur.

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Amrapur was the seat of an eponymous non-salute princely state in Halar prant, comprising it and another village on Saurashtra peninsula in present Gujarat, western India. It was ruled by Muslim Chieftains of a Shaikh family.
It had a population of 1210 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 8,000 Rupees and paying 511 Rupees to the British.

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