Bharuch

Bharuch (Gujarati: ભરૂચ;  listen ), also known as Broach, is a City at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat (north-west India). Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and is a municipality of about 370,000 inhabitants.

The city of Bharuch and its surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a ship building center and sea port in the pre-compass coastal trading routes to points West, perhaps as far back as the days of the Pharaohs. The route made use of the regular and predictable monsoon winds or galleys. Many goods from the Far East (the famed Spice and Silk trade) were shipped there during the annual monsoon winds, making it a terminus for several key land-sea trade routes. Bharuch was known to the Greeks, the various Persian Empires, in the Roman Republic and Empire, and in other Western centres of civilisation through the end of the European Middle Ages.

In the 3rd century, Bharuch port was mentioned as Barugaza. Arab traders entered Gujarat via Bharuch to do business. The British and the Dutch (Valandas) noted Bharuch’s importance and established their business centers here.

Bharuch (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency (Gujarati: ભરૂચ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) (formerly known as Broach Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments. These are:

Members of Parliament

Bharuch (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bharuch assembly constituency (ભરૂચ વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituencies of Gujarat. It is located in Bharuch district.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments

1. Bharuch Taluka (Part) Villages – Kanthariya, Sherpura, Umraj, Chavaj, Vadadla, Haldarwa, Jhadeshwar, Bholav, Nandelav, Rahadpor, Borbhatha Bet, Bharuch (INA), Bharuch (M), Maktampur (CT).

2. Ankleshwar Taluka (Part) Villages – Chhapra, Kansiya, Mandvabuzarg, Naugama, Samor, Motali, Amrutpura, Uchhali, Kararvel, Dadhal, Sarangpore, Jitali, Piprod, Avadar, Pardi Mokha, Sangpor, Andada (CT).

Total Number of Voters

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

2012

References

See also

List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Gujarat Legislative Assembly