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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ratnal
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = panchyat village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.188673|N|69.903409|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
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| established_date =
| founder =Ratan Bhai Rabari
| named_for = Ratan Bhai Rabari
| government_type = Gram Panchayat
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 1st in Anjar Taluka
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 120
| population_total = 10,000
| leader_title = Minister Of Gujarat
| leader_name = [[Vasanbhai_Ahir]]

| population_as_of =
| population_rank = 1st in Kutch
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 370105
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 2836-276
| registration_plate = GJ 12
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Anjar, India|Anjar]]
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| blank3_name_sec1 = Railway Station
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| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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'''Ratnal''' is a village near the town of [[Anjar, India|Anjar]] in the Anjar taluka of [[Kutch]] district in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]. It is located around {{convert|15|km}} from Anjar and {{convert|25|km}} from Bhuj capital of Kutch.

Ratnal Has N<nowiki/>o.1 Ranking in Asia for most number of '''Trucks''' and '''Truck Owners.'''

==History==
[[Rabari]]s claim that Ratnal was founded by them about 500 years ago{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}. [[Yaduvanshi Ahirs]] people are believed to enter Ratnal for the first time.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} [[Ahirs]] are the majority in Ratnal now.

== Earthquake of 26 January 2001 ==
The [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]] occurred on 26 January 2001, India's 51st Republic Day, at 08:46 AM local time (3:16 UTC) and lasted for over two minutes. The earthquake reached a magnitude of between 7.6 and 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum felt intensity of X (Intense) on the [[Mercalli intensity scale]].

The village was almost completely destroyed in the 26 January 2001 earthquake. It is estimated that 175 people died in the village on that day.<ref>http://www.radixonline.org/media7.htm</ref> [[Bill Clinton]] has previously visited the village.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/mar/29bill.htm | title=Clinton to visit Bhuj, Ratnal, Anjaar and Bhachau | publisher=Rediff | date=29 March 2001 | first=Sheela | last=Bhatt | accessdate=17 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Economy==
The people are mainly involved in agriculture and transportation. Ahir women of Ratnal are famous for their embroidery and patch-work. According to an India Today survey Ratnal is the only village in world having more than 1414 trucks 454 Farms.<ref>http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Kutch_District</ref> People are mainly involved in transportation and cultivation of oil-seeds, cotton and other seasonal crops. Other smaller sources of employment are petrol pumps, tea stalls, pesticides sales. Some of the natives also work for the [[Indian Railways]].[[Health Facility]] Ratnal has Primary health center from 1 April 2014 and also has 2 sub center

==Marriages==
The village presents a picture of paradox as both orthodoxy and modernity co-exists here.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globio.travel/details/Ratnal/4dc0e210157fda44d9a77a9c |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130616153634/http://globio.travel/details/Ratnal/4dc0e210157fda44d9a77a9c |archivedate=2013-06-16 }}</ref> Mass [[child marriage]]s take place among an influential section among the Ahir community, known as [[Ahir Paratharia]]. In 2009 around 235 child couples tied the nuptial knot.<ref name="DNA News Report">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1257776/report-ministers-village-set-for-mass-child-marriages|title = Minister's village set for mass child marriages|date = 21 May 2009}}</ref> These marriages take place traditionally once a year on the thirteenth day of the month of Vaishakh of the indigenous calendar.<ref name="DNA News Report" />

==Schools==
There are five schools in the village:
1. Ratnal Panchayati Prathamik Shala (Primary School for Boys)
2. Shri Krishna Pranami Kanya Vidyalay (Girls School) managed by [[Pranami]] sect
3. Vidya Bharati (Primary School managed by Vidya Bharati)
4. Peta Para Shala
5. Ratnal Government High School
6.Radhe Krishna Nagar Primary School
7 Ratnal ITI government iti
8 kvk ratnal

==Railroad station==
[[File:Ratnal railway station.jpg|thumb|Ratnal railway station]]
Ratnal is a railway station on [[Bhuj]] – [[Gandhidham]] railway line and Bhuj-Palanpur passenger train has a halt here. The station code is RUT.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Kutch district]]

Ratnal - Revision history

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