Ghantoli

Ghantoli is identified^[2]: 48 with the village of Ghaṇṭāpallī mentioned in a copper-plate grant made on 11 November 1045, by Jasorāja, a feudatory of the Paramara king Bhoja who ruled Sankheda.^{[3]: 158–9} The inscription records Jasorāja's grant of the village of Vilūhaja (possibly modern Velpur), along with 100 units of land at Ghaṇṭāpallī, for a temple to the deity Ghaṇṭeśvara (i.e. Shiva).^{[2]: 46 [3]: 158} J. S. Kudalkar reported in 1919 that the temple of Ghaṇṭeśvara still existed at Ghantoli in ruins. He also noted that Ghantoli then had a train station on the Motipur-Tankhala line in Baroda State.^[2]: 48

As of 2011, Ghantoli had a population of 408, in 82 households.^[1]: 646 This population was 52.0% male (215) and 48.0% female (193). The 0-6 age group numbered 59 (32 male and 27 female), making up 17.9% of the total population. No members of Scheduled Castes were recorded. ^{[4]: 332–3}

Ghantoli is almost exclusively an agricultural village; out of a total of 151 workers recorded in the 2011 census, all but one were either cultivators (who owned their own land) or agricultural labourers (who worked someone else's land).^{[4]: 334–5} There was neither a daily market nor a weekly haat.^[1]: 651

As of 2011, Ghantoli had 1 primary school; it did not have any healthcare facilities. Drinking water was provided by tap, hand pump, and tube well or bore well; there were no public toilets. The village had a sub post office but no public library; there was at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of both kachcha and pakka materials.^{[1]: 646–52}