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| name = Vallabhipur Taluka
| other_name = Vallbhipur Taluka
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'''Vallabhipur Taluka''' is a [[taluka]] of [[Bhavnagar District]], southeastern [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taluka Panchayat |publisher=Bhavnagar District Panchayat, Gujarat Government |url=http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720230831/http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm | archivedate=20 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> It was named after the capital, [[Vallabhipur]], of the [[Maitraka Dynasty]] who ruled in this area from 470 AD to 788 AD.<ref>{{Cite web|title=વલ્લભીપુર તાલુકા પંચાયત: ઈતિહાસ (Vallabhipur Panchayat: History) |language=Gujarati |publisher=Bhavnagar District Panchayat, Gujarat Government |url=http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/taluka/valbhipur/taluka-vishe/itihas.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416032413/http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/taluka/valbhipur/taluka-vishe/itihas.htm |archivedate=16 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

Vallabhipur Taluka is in the northwestern part of Bhavnagar District, and borders on [[Botad District]] to the northwest and north, [[Bhavnagar Taluka]] to the east, Sihor Taluka to the south, and Umarana Taluka to the southwest.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Maps of Gujarat's new 7 districts and changes in existing districts |date=13 August 2013|newspaper=Desh Gujarat |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816151212/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archivedate=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Villages==
There are fifty-three [[gram panchayat|panchayat villages]] in Vallabhipur Taluka.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Vallabhipur, Bhavnagar, Gujarat |publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India |url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4109&pno=1&ptype=V&parenttype=B |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416032937/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4109&pno=1&ptype=V&parenttype=B |archivedate=16 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Religious sites==
* Town centre - there are many old and new temples within the town; those of the Jain [[Śvētāmbara]] sect<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.khazano.com/india-travel/visit/shri-vallabhipur-jain-tirth | title=Contact Support | access-date=31 March 2017 | archive-date=26 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326225358/http://www.khazano.com/india-travel/visit/shri-vallabhipur-jain-tirth | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Hindu [[Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha]] (BAPS) sect are the most popular.
* [[Mahendrapuram Jain Temple]], [[Chamardi]], GJ SH 36, [[Gujarat]] 364610 - is a massive temple complex nearing located 5 km southerly to Vallabhipur.
* [[Ayodhyapuram Jain Temple]], [[Navagam]], [[Patana(Bhal)]] [[Gujarat]] 364313<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.templeadvisor.com/temples-in-india/jain-temples/ayodhyapuram-jain-temple|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228152505/http://www.templeadvisor.com/temples-in-india/jain-temples/ayodhyapuram-jain-temple|archive-date=2019-12-28|title=Ayodhyapuram Jain Temple of None}}</ref> - is a modern Jain complex located about 8 km northerly to [[Vallabhipur]]

==Notes and references==
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