Maghval
Maghval, also known as Megwal, is a village in the Kaprada tehsil of Valsad district in Gujarat State, India. It is a small enclave belonging to Gujarat, but located within Nagar Haveli, just south of Silvassa in the Indian Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Maghval Megwal | |
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village | |
 Dadra and Nagar Haveli map in grey depicting the Gujarati enclave village of Maghval in cream | |
  Maghval Location in Gujarat, India  Maghval Maghval (India) | |
| Coordinates: 20.21°N 73.02°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Valsad district |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,678 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 396240 |
| Vehicle registration | GJ |
| Nearest city | Silvassa |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Geography
Maghval, though under the administrative purview of Gujarat, is surrounded by the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DNHDD), outside the state boundary and a few kilometres from Silvassa in DNHDD. The village with 2,160 villagers (as of February 2018) has a rich landscape with the Daman Ganga River cutting through it, leaving a hilly stretch on one side and plains on the other.
History
Formerly "Bombay Enclave," Maghval was a British counter-enclave within the Portuguese enclave within British India until independence.[1][2]
References
- Yoshida Ichiro. "Megubaru, Former British territory, India". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- Damao (Daman) 1954 (Topographic Map) original scale 1:250,000 (Map). 1956. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
Portion of Navsari, Sheet NF 43-13, Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service compiled in 1954 and printed in 1956 (Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas Libraries)
