Sathamba | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
Coordinates: | 23.1691°N 73.3266°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Aravali |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 15,000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati, Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 383340 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 02779-28xxxx |
Registration Plate: | GJ-31 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Ahmedabad |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Sabarkantha |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Bayad |
Sathamba is a town located in Aravali district of the Indian state of Gujarat and the seat of a former petty princely state. It has a population of approximately 15,000.
Sathamba was a princely state during the time of the British Raj. As such it had a population of 5,360 and an area of 470km2 in 1892. It then formed part of the Mahi Kantha Agency. Thakore Saheb Shri Sursinhji Ratansinhji signed the Instrument of Accession to merge the State of Sathamba into the Indian Union on 10 June 1948, to newly independent India, the Privy Purse being fixed at 18,800 Rupees.
The village has a stepwell and a memorial stone with an inscription dated to 1269 AD (Samvat 1325).[1]
The major source of income for families is agriculture. There is also work in the quarry & stone crushing businesses surrounding the village, which comprise more than 30 companies., the previously well-known cotton ginning and pressing factory of the village was struggling as a consequence of a series of annual droughts.