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{{Short description|City in Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
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'''Jambughoda''' is a village and [[Tehsil]] in [[Panchmahal district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. The village has a population of 2,731, while the overall tehsil has a population of 42,476.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Gujarat District Census Handbook - Panch Mahals, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=24–25, 82–86, 98, 103–104, 631–640 |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/GujaratA.html |website=Census 2011 India|accessdate=1 April 2020}}</ref>

The Tehsil is well known for the [[Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gujaratforest.org/wildlife-jambuhoda1.htm |title=Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary - Forest Department, Gujarat |access-date=11 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144724/http://www.gujaratforest.org/wildlife-jambuhoda1.htm |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Jambughoda is located in the eastern part of Panchmahal, in a region covered by hills and forests. This area has shallow, sandy soil and receives slightly less rainfall than the western part of Panchmahal.<ref name="Census 2011" />

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gujecostat.gujarat.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/Dist_Salient_Pop_Stat_2011.pdf |title=2001 and 2011 - Government of Gujarat |access-date=11 July 2014 |archive-date=21 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921165321/http://gujecostat.gujarat.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/Dist_Salient_Pop_Stat_2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jambughoda had a population of 42,476. There are 7,900 households. People belonging to [[Scheduled Tribes]] are 15,112 (36%).

The [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] in the tehsil of Jambughoda in 2011 was 64%, which was lower than the average rate of 71% in all of Panchmahal district.<ref name="Census 2011" />

The tehsil of Jambughoda contained 55 villages in 2011 (including Jambughoda itself), all of which had access to [[National Grid (India)|electricity]] and clean [[drinking water]], 49 of which had schools, 13 of which had medical facilities, 16 of which had [[post offices]], 49 of which had transport communications ([[bus]], [[rail transport|rail]], or navigable waterways), 3 of which had [[bank]]s, 5 of which had [[Agricultural credit society|agricultural credit societies]], and 46 of which had [[Indian vernacular architecture#pukka|pucca roads]]. 54.1% of the total land area in Jambughoda tehsil was under cultivation, and 25.8% of the land under cultivation was [[Irrigation in India|irrigated]].<ref name="Census 2011" />

In 2011, the village of Jambughoda itself had a population of 2,731 people, in 633 households. It possessed 3 [[primary schools]], 1 [[secondary school]], 2 [[senior secondary schools]], and 2 [[Vocational school|vocational training schools]], as well as a community health centre, a [[public library]], and a regular market. The town had access to [[tap water]], [[public toilets]], and [[landline|landlines]] as well as [[cell phone]] coverage. Jambughoda had pucca roads, but not water-bound [[Macadam]] roads. These roads were not connected to [[National highways in India|national highways]], but they were connected to [[State highways in India|state highways]]. Jambughoda did not have a railway station.<ref name="Census 2011" />

==History==
{{main|Jambughoda State}}
Before 1947, Jambughoda was the seat of the [[princely state]] of Jambughoda (former narukot state), which was merged with the [[Dominion of India]] on 10 June 1948. The state had been ruled by the Hindu [[Parmar (Rajput clan)|Parmar]] clan of [[Koli People|Kolis]].

===Rulers of Jambughoda State===
====Thakor Sahibs====
*.... - .... Dipsinhji Jagatsinhji (b. 1841 - d. ....)
*.... - 27 Sep 1917 Gambhirsimhji (d. 1917)
*27 Sep 1917 – 15 Aug 1947 Ranjitsinhji Gambhirsinhji (b. 1892 - d. 1962)

==Agriculture==
The predominant crops in the village of Jambughoda are [[Castor oil plant|castor]], [[corn]], [[cotton]], [[rice]], and [[pigeon pea]]. Due to an almost total lack of [[irrigation]] facilities in the village, agriculture is largely dependent on [[monsoon]].<ref name="Spiders">{{cite journal |last1=Solanki |first1=Reshma |last2=Kumar |first2=Dolly |title=Spiders (Araneae) from Five Major Agro-Ecosystems of Jambughoda Village, Panchmahal District, Gujarat, India |journal=International Journal of Science and Research |date=September 2015 |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=958–61 |s2cid=53375942 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Panchmahal district]]

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