The Bhadala or Bhodala (Sindhi: ڀڊالا, Gujarati: ભડાલા) is a community of seamen and fishermen found in Sindh, Pakistan and Kutch and Saurashtra regions of Gujarat in India.
[1][2][citation needed] The Bhadala are divided into a number of 32 clans, the main ones being the Aspun, Bhatti, Babar, Bhopal, Bholim/Belhim, Bhojani, Chahan, Chanaa, Dekla, Dosani, Fatwani, Ghohil, Gunda, Jadeja, Juspani, Jethwa, Juneja, Koreja, Kandeja, Kana, Karani, Mokha, Madwani, Madyar, Nathrani, Panjri, Palija, Patha, Ruknani, Roomi, Saghani, Sodha, Sameja, Sayani, Sap, Siru, Thaim, Turk, Vidhani and Zufrabadi.
Many are names of well-known Sindhi tribes, and could point to a diverse origin of the community.
It has offices in Mombasa, Muscat, Dubai, Karachi (Keamari & Baba Island) and Keti Bandar, reflecting the widespread distribution of the community.
In Pakistan, the Bhadala owns a significant part of that countries fishing fleet.