Charkha is one of 11 villages in Dhari Taluka and one of 616 in theAmreli district of theSaurashtra peninsula in the Indian state ofGujarat and it was aprincely state duringBritish Raj.[1]
During theBritish Raj, Charkha was a village underLakhapadarthana. Charkha was ruled byKathi chieftains of the Vala tribe. One of them was H. H. Namdar Maharaj Lakhuwala Punjawala. His son, Namdar Sree Mangluwala Lakhuwala lived near theDhari village. In 1901, Charkha and a second village, with a combined population of 40,000 generated 1,27,000 rupees in state revenue (1903–4, nearly all from land), paying a 541 rupees tribute, to the GaikwarBaroda State andJunagadh State.[1]
According to the 1881 and 1872 censuses, the population of Charkha decreased from 1,613 to 1,414.[2] Charkha village has a population of 677 people in about 179 houses, according to Census 2011.[citation needed]
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