Initially, Amreli was a small village with an ancient history, and part of various kingdoms and empires established in the area.

It shot into prominence, turning from village to town, when the Marathas began acquiring territory and establishing their reign over the region in 1780s.

Besides levying taxes on the other rulers of the Kathiawar Peninsula, the Gaekwads also acquired their own territory and chose Amreli as the headquarters for their "Kathewad Pranth", which included Dwarka mandal.

Later in 1886, under the Gaikwad regime, compulsory and free education policy was adopted in Amreli for the first time.

From the 18th century to 1959, Dwarika and Okhamandal was part of Gaikwad - Amreli state but after 1959, those two cities were merged with Jamnagar district.

Amreli has a variety of soils such as Medium black, loamy, sandy, rocky inferior and saline.

According to the 2011 census Amreli district has a population of 1,514,190,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[5] or the US state of Hawaii.

The other tourist places in Amreli district are Tulshishyam-Una(via dhari), Sarkeshvar Mahadev, Balana (Jafarabad), Delvada, Holi-Dharin Nana Visavadar, Vakuni-Dhar, Hanuman Gada, Satadhar,[10] Galadhara-Khodiyar Temple and Khodiyar dam(Dhari).

Kankai-banej and diu.ambardi safari park (Dhari) is most tourist attractions place in amreli district.