Bolundra Explained

Official Name:Bolundra
Settlement Type:Village
Mapsize:250x200px
Pushpin Map:India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Gujarat
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sabarkantha
Established Title:Founded
Elevation Ft:489
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:2139
Timezone:Indian Standard Time
Utc Offset:+5:30
Postal Code:383250
Area Code:02774
Native Name:બોલુન્દ્રા
Unit Pref:metric

Bolundra is a village, princely state and Taluka in Modasa, India. The village (Ta – Modasa) is in the Aravalli district in Gujarat state, western India, on the bank of the River Meshvo.

History

The taluka was ranked a Sixth Class state, the lowest in the classification of the colonial Mahi Kantha Agency, and was ruled by Rajput chieftains. It covered six square miles, comprising five villages, and had a combined population in 1901 of 740, yielding a state revenue of 2,499 rupees (1903-4, mostly from land), paying a tribute of 134 rupees to Idar State.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Mahi Kanthar . Imperial Gazetteer of India. 17. 13 . Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Meyer, William Stevenson, Sir. Burn, Richard, Sir. Cotton, James Sutherland. Risley, Herbert Hope, Sir. 1908–1931 . 26 July 2021.