| Bhayavadar | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
| Coordinates: | 21.85°N 70.25°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rajkot |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 71 |
| Population Total: | 19404 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Registration Plate: | GJ |
| Website: | Bhayavadar Nagar Palika |
| Footnotes: | president = Atulbhai M. Vachani (BJP) |
Bhayavadar is a town and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It comprises seven wards.[1]
At the collapse of the Mughal Empire, Bhayavadar fell into the hands of the Desais, who in about 1753 sold it to Jadeja Haloji of Gondal State. The Tarikh-i-Sorath says that Kumbhoji acquired Bhayavadar but probably he openly assumed the sovereignty while the sale took place in Haloji' s time. Bhayavadar is about eleven miles north of the Bhadar river, which is crossed by the bridge built by the Gondal Darbar at Supedi.[2]
Bhayavadar is located at .[3] It has an average elevation of 71 meters (232 feet).
India census,[4] Bhayavadar had a population of 18,246. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. The population according to the census of 1881 was 5197 souls.[2]
According to the 2011 census, Bhayavadar had a population of 19,404.[5] As of 2024, the population is approximated to be at 27,300.[6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Book: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. 1884. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. VIII. 397–398.