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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Kharaghoda''' is a [[census town]] in [[Surendranagar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]].

Under the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British Raj]], Kharaghoda was a part of the then Ahmedabad district, and had the terminus of a branch railway line.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Kharaghoda |volume=15 |page=771}}</ref> A government salt factory was established here under the brand name of "''Bharat Salt''".

[[Hindustan Salts Limited]], the only [[public sector]] company in India engaged in the manufacture and sale of salt, has salt plants in Karaghoda. Recent studies have uncovered that the [[Bittern (salt)|bitterns]] produced in Kharaghoda are rich in [[bromide]]s and can become a source for [[bromine]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kharaghoda had a population of 10,927. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kharaghoda has an average literacy rate of 41%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 52%, and female literacy is 29%. In Kharaghoda, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The main business of the Kharaghoda is salt production. During the BritiSh Raj, well water was used to produce salts. The salt is called as ''Varagadum''(વરાગડું).<ref>{{cite book |last= Patel |first= Vallabhbahi Lallubhai |date=1925-03-31 |title=ગુજરાત પ્રાંત (Gujarat Prant) |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.256441 |location= Ahmedabad |publisher= The Gujarat Oriental Book Depot |page= 33
}}</ref>

There is one hospital operated by HSL. There is an old library, started by the British.

Kharaghoda is located at the end of [[Little Rann of Kutch]]. Recently Rann mahotsav was held, for the first time, there.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Surendranagar district]]
[[Category:Salt industry in India]]

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