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{{Short description|Village in Gujarat state, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
'''Bherai''' is a village in Rajula Taluka of Amreli district, Gujarat, India.
==History==
Bherai is said to have been populated about 200 years ago by one Sadul Mamaiyo of the Ram tribe of [[Ahir]]s. The oldest of the ''[[paliya]]''s are dated about 1687 corresponding to Samvat 1743. The waste site of old Bherai is about 300 yards to the east of the present village.<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=398}}</ref>
==Geography==
Bherai is situated on a branch of the Devrapuri creek called Dukhden (or trouble-giving) from its numerous windings. During the British period, the princely state had excavated a straight channel to connect Bherai with the Devrapuri creek. This channel is called Sukhden or ease-giving.<ref name="bg"/>
==Demography==
The population according to the census of 1872 was 841 souls and increased in 1881 to 1171.<ref name="bg"/>
==Economy==
Bherai had a good trade during the cotton season. Much salt is produced near this town, and pearls are occasionally found in the oysters of the creek.<ref name="bg"/>
To the north of Bherai, there is a quarry of excellent yellow stone resembling marble. There is also a large quantity of a light-coloured soft clay called ''bhutdo'' which was largely used by locals for washing their hair; the special quality of this clay is that it leaves the hair soft and not dry and hard as lime-juice, aritha etc. do. [[Senna (plant)|Senna]] plants grows here.<ref name="bg"/>
== References ==
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[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=398}}
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[[Category:Villages in Amreli district]]
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