It is named after famous freedom fighter from Kutch, Shyamji Krishna Varma.

In 1979 government announced a power project to also develop the township of GEB (now Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited) in the same location.

The town has a School, which is also named as Shree Shyamji Krishna Varma Vidyalay.

A lignite-based power plant is near the town, which generates and provides electricity to many areas of Kutch.

[citation needed] The town hosts the Pandhro Geological Museum which holds in display fossils of Paleozoic era found in these mines.