Bherai

The population according to the census of 1872 was 841 souls and increased in 1881 to 1171.^[1]

Bherai had a good trade during the cotton season. Much salt is produced near this town, and pearls are occasionally found in the oysters of the creek.^[1]

To the north of Bherai, there is a quarry of excellent yellow stone resembling marble. There is also a large quantity of a light-coloured soft clay called bhutdo which was largely used by locals for washing their hair; the special quality of this clay is that it leaves the hair soft and not dry and hard as lime-juice, aritha etc. do. Senna plants grows here.^[1]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 398.

20°58′N 71°29′E / 20.967°N 71.483°E / 20.967; 71.483

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