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Palej is a census town in the Bharuch district, Gujarat, India. Cotton is a major product of the industrial area surrounding the town. Palej supports the daily needs of many small nearby villages.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Palej
Settlement.native_name
Palez
Settlement.settlement_type
city
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Gujarat#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Gujarat, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Gujarat
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bharuch
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
10872
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Gujarati Hindi
Settlement.timezone1
IST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village in India
Country
India
Dialing code
2642
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postal code
392220
different from
Palekh
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Encyclopedic overview

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Palej is a census town in the Bharuch district, Gujarat, India. Cotton is a major product of the industrial area surrounding the town. Palej supports the daily needs of many small nearby villages.

==History== Palej acts as a central hub for many small and big villages of Bharuch and Vadodara district. Being connected by both, a highway and a railway station Palej has become the main source for the frequent as well as the rare commuters. It has witnessed a drastic development in the past decade in all sectors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palej” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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