Morbi

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Morbi

Total population

194,947

Elevation54 m

Coordinates22.82°, 70.83°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Morbi or Morvi is a city founded as a princely state around 1698 by Jadeja Thakor Saheb Shree Kayoji Ravaji. It is in the Morbi district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the Kathiawar peninsula. The city is on the Machhu River, 35 km (22 mi) from the sea and 60 km (37 mi) from Rajkot. It is the former capital of Morvi State, which ceased to exist in 1948.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M

Mukundray Pattani

Gujarati author (1914-1985)

V

Vaghji Ojha

Indian playwright

K

Kantilal Amrutiya

Indian politician

Deepakbhai Desai

Indian guru

Prabhashankar Pattani

Indian administrator

N

Neeta Ramaiya

Gujarati poet, children's writer and translator from India

O

Odhavaji Raghavji Patel

known as father of wall clocks

A

Aarshavi Joshi

Indian actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  12.4 mi away
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  19.6 mi away
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• Samakhiali
  39.5 mi away
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• Kalavad
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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Painted Grasshopper

Poekilocerus pictus

Seen 2026-07-11

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2025-11-18

Indus Valley Toad

Firouzophrynus stomaticus

Seen 2023-06-26

Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata

Seen 2023-03-09

Bengal currant

Carissa carandas

Seen 2022-06-18

Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

Seen 2021-11-28

Western Reef Heron

Egretta gularis

Seen 2021-11-28

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Seen 2021-11-28

Sociable Lapwing

Vanellus gregarius

Seen 2013-12-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).