Amod, Gujarat

Amod
town
Amod Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 22°00′N 72°52′E / 22.00°N 72.87°E / 22.00; 72.87Coordinates: 22°00′N 72°52′E / 22.00°N 72.87°E / 22.00; 72.87
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Bharuch
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Amod is a town and capital of a taluka in Bharuch district, Gujarat, India. It is situated about a mile south of the Dhadhar River, some 30 miles (48 km) south-west of Vadodara and 24 miles (38 km) north of Bharuch,^[1] on the NH 228 road (the "Dandi heritage route") between Bharuch and Jambusar.

Amod was the seat of a Thakore Sahib, who owned about 21,200 acres (86 km²) of land at the start of the 20th century. The income of the estate was about ₨72,000, compared with the income of Amod municipality (established 1890) of ₨6,100.^[1]

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