Jodiya
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Jodiya
Town and chief port of Navanagar State, Kathiawar, Bombay, situated in 22 degree 40' N. and 70 degree 26' E., about 24 miles north- east of Navanagar town, 46 miles north-west of Rajkot, and 40 miles west of Morvi. Population (1901), 7,321. The port was formerly a fishing village on the south-eastern shores of the Gulf of Cutch. The wharf is about a mile and a half distant from the town, with which it is connected by a good made road. A custom-house and a press for cotton and wool bales are at the wharf. The water off this part of the coast is too shallow for ships of any considerable burden. According to a local legend, the Gulf from Jodiya to the opposite coast of Cutch could be crossed by a footpath at low water 200 years ago. The north- west bastion of the fort, 80 feet above the sea, the palace or darbar house, 300 yards south-east of the bastion, and a grove of trees, a mile to the south and outside the town, are high and conspicuous marks when nearing the port from seaward. The town is surrounded by a wall with towers and a small interior fort. It has vernacular boys' and girls' schools and a dispensary.
