| Sathamba | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District(s) | Sabarkantha |
| Nearest city | Ahmedabad |
| Parliamentary constituency | Sabarkantha |
| Assembly constituency | Bayad |
| Population | 15,000 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Title:Sathamba
Type:Village
Coordinates: 23°9'26"N 73°19'4"E Map
Relative location: Sathamba, Taluka: Bayad, District: Sabarkantha, Gujarat State, India
Population: 15000 approx.
Religions: Hindu (approx. 85%), Muslim, Others
Education: Higher-secondary school (Commerce/Science stream)
Local government system: Gram Panchayat
Communication facilities: Telephones, Mobile phone, Internet via (BSNL, Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance India Mobile)
Transportation facility: Road transport (15 km equidistant from state highway 59 (west) and 5 (east)
Sathamba is a small village of Bayad taluka of Sabarkantha district in Gujarat state of India. It has approximately 15000 population. Major source of income for families is agriculture. Quarry & Stone Crushing business is well grown around 15 km belt of village with more than 30 Quarry industries. Sathamba used to have well known functional Cotton Ginning & Pressing Factory few years before, which is now (2007) running with marginal profit following consecutive 4-5 years droughts.
Sonal Shah (The 44th US president-elect Barack Obama's presidential transition team member) has her native roots from a village named, Gabat which is one of the closest neighborhood area of Sathamba.[1],[2]
Sathamba is also known the native place of Rajan Joshi,
Sathamba was a Princely state of Bombay before independence of India with Kingship of Thakore Shree Sursinjee and Thakore Shree Ratansinhji. State even had its own currency in form of aana and rupee, forms of Indian rupee