Modasa Kovadiya

The history of Khadayata community traces back approximately 700 years.

The Khadayata community traces back approximately 700 years, the original families seem to have come from a village named "Khadat" in North Gujarat. However a formal organization of the community members began in the earlier part of this century, at that time a vast majority of the families lived in villages in and around Gujarat. The education level of most of the members was very low with the main occupation of trading of commodities. only a few educated community members were living in cities such as Bombay and Ahmedabad.