Varachha

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| name = Varachha
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| other_name = East Zone of [[Surat Municipal Corporation]]
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| settlement_type = Suburb
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| subdivision_name2 = Surat
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| governing_body = [[Surat Municipal Corporation|SMC]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| area_code = 0261
| registration_plate = GJ 5
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| website = {{URL|www.suratmunicipal.gov.in}}
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'''Varachha''' is a [[Suburb]] in [[Surat|Surat city]] and host of the Surat Diamond Industry. The people of Saurashtra of Western Gujarat have moved away from their rain-starved native to Surat in search for income generation and survival almost four decades ago. Since then Saurashtrians have considered Surat as their home land. After coming to Surat, some individuals began trading business while majority of them entered into labour front in a phased manner. The population of the people involved in diamond trade belonging to Saurashtra increased to a sizeable extent in Surat particularly in the area of Varachha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.varachhabank.com/pages/bank-history/|title=Bank History - Net Banking {{!}} Mobile Banking {{!}} Loans & Advances {{!}} Deposits and more|website=www.varachhabank.com|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref>

==Growth of Diamond Industry at Varachha==

[[File:Diamond Polisher.jpg|thumb|right|[[File:Rough diamonds getting checked for quality at one of 64Facets’ facilities.jpg|thumb]]Diamond polisher]]
Varachha area is a major hub of diamond cutting and polishing.<ref name=roughpolished>{{cite news|title=Indian diamond cutting and polishing sector|url=http://www.rough-polished.com/en/analytics/77889.html|agency=Rough&Polished|date=March 6, 2013}}</ref> The major group working in this industry is people from the [[Saurashtra region]] of Gujarat. Because of demand in the American market from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s (with only a brief recession in 1979), Surat's diamond industry grew tremendously. Currently most of the diamond polishing workshops are running in the Varachha area of Surat, mostly by the people of the [[Patel]] community.<ref name=diamondhistory>{{cite document|title=Diamond and Patels|citeseerx = 10.1.1.1026.5615}}</ref> Eight from ten diamond of world are polished in Surat city.

== See also ==
*[[List of tourist attractions in Surat]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Suburban area of Surat]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Surat]]

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