Dharmaj

Town in Gujarat, India

Dharmaj

Town

Coordinates: 22°25′0″N 72°48′0″E﻿ / ﻿22.41667°N 72.80000°E﻿ / 22.41667; 72.80000
Country|  India
State| Gujarat
District| Anand
Elevation

| 25.60 m (83.99 ft)
Population

(2010)

• Total

| 11,334
Languages

• Official| Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

388430

Telephone code| 02697
Nearest city| Anand
Website| [1]

Dharmaj is a village in Petlad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat, India. As of the 2011 Census of India, the population was 10,429.[1] The village is nicknamed the "village of NRIs" (Non-resident Indians) due to the large number of families who have moved abroad.[2]

## Notable people

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* Kantibhai Patel (1928 – 2011), Indian-born Zimbabwean anti-colonialist activist and politician[3]
* Achyut Yagnik (1946 – 2023), journalist and academic[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Dharmaj". 2011 Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
2. ^ Chauhan, Ashish; Nazareth, Peter (8 December 2015). "Dalit families flee state's rich NRI village Dharmaj - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
3. ^ "Kantibai Patel: One of a rare breed". The Herald. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
4. ^ "અચ્યુત યાજ્ઞિક : વંચિતોના બેલીની વિદાયથી ગુજરાતે શું ખોયું?". BBC News ગુજરાતી (in Gujarati). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

## External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20131101115738/http://mydharmaj.com/index.aspx
* http://www.shreejalaram.org/inde1.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20141124050257/http://dharmajgampanchayat.org/

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Anand district

Cities and
towns|

* Anand (district headquarters)
* Anklav
* Boriavi
* Borsad
* Gamdi
* Karamsad
* Khambhat
* Ode
* Petlad
* Tarapur
* Umreth
* Vallabh Vidyanagar
* Vasad
* Vasna
* Vitthal Udyognagar INA

Villages|

* Alarsa
* Bakrol
* Bhadran
* Bhurakui
* Bochasan
* Changa
* Chikhodra
* Dharmaj
* Fangani
* Gana
* Ghunteli
* Isnav
* Kasor
* Kathana
* Kavitha
* Khadodhi
* Lingda
* Lunej
* Pamol
* Saijpur
* Sojitra
* Thamna
* Vadeli
* Vatadra
* Vatav
* Virsad

Electoral
constituencies|

| Lok Sabha|

* Anand

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Vidhan Sabha|

* Anand
* Anklav
* Borsad
* Khambhat
* Petlad
* Sojitra
* Umreth

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