Bhumbhali
Bhumbhali is a village in Bhavnagar Taluka of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, India.
Bhumbhali is famous for a kind of yellow earth, which is used as a flux for soldering metal vessels. This is largely exported. About a mile from Bhumbhali, on the road to , is the Bhamaria well, said to have been constructed by Mokhadaji Gohil, to enable him to water his camels when raiding near Ghogha.[1]
Demography[]
It had a population of 1563 in 1881.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 400.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 400.
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