The princely state, in Halarprant, was ruled by JadejaRajputs. It comprised 10 villages, covering 36 square miles (93 km²), with a population of 2,444 in 1901 (2,688 in 1921), yielding 16,230 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, mostly from land; later 17.000), paying 1,525 Rupees tribute to the Gaekwar Baroda State. During the British Raj, it was a Fifth Class state,[1] in the charge of the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency. The Jurisdictional competence of the Taluka were limited in civil cases to 5,000 Rupees, in criminal matters to two years of rigorous imprisonment and fines up to 2,000 Rupees.
It ceased to exist on 15 February 1948 by accession to Saurashtra State (later merged into Bombay State, now part of Gujarat).
Ruling Thakore Sahebs
Succession was by primogeniture, kinship details unavailable.
Thakore Saheb MOHABATSINHJI Bhojrajji, 15th Thakore Saheb of Jalia Devani, born 6 August 1910, succeeded 26 October 1919, married and had issue, last ruler till 1948, died 13 February 1955.
