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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amod
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.00|N|72.87|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bharuch district|Bharuch]]
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'''Amod''' is a town and capital of a ''[[taluka]]'' in [[Bharuch district]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is situated about a mile south of the [[Dhadhar River]].<ref name="ImpGaz">{{citation | contribution = Amod Town | url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_314.gif | title = Imperial Gazetteer of India | volume = 5 | location = Oxford | publisher = Clarendon | year = 1908 | page = 306}}.</ref> on the [[National Highway 228 (India)|NH 228]] road (the "Dandi heritage route") between Bharuch and [[Jambusar]].

== Economy ==
Amod was the seat of a [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakore Sahib]], who owned about {{convert|21,200|acre|km2}} of land at the start of the 20th century. The income of the estate was about ₨72,000, compared with the income of Amod municipality (established 1890) of ₨6,100.<ref name="ImpGaz"/>

==See also==
*[[Sigam]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Municipalities of Gujarat}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bharuch district]]

{{Bharuch-geo-stub}}

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