Bhachau

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bhachau
Settlement.native_name_lang: Kutchi
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Bhachau Gate.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Bhachau Entrance Gate
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Gujarat#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Gujarat, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gujarat
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kutch
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 41
Settlement.population_total: 180,000+
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020
Settlement.population_rank: 217 (Kutch Rank)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: India
Located in: Kutch district
Elevation: 41
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Image: Bhachau Gate.jpg
Dialing code: 2837

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Commons category: Bhachau
postal code: 370140

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Bhachau is a city and a municipality in Kutch district (kachchh) in the state of Gujarat, India. Bhachau was one of many devastated towns in the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat, during the 1956 Anjar earthquake as well as in the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. it had a population of 39,532 in over 8,647 households.

Bhachau is often mentioned in the TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, as the Gada family and the protagonist Jethalal hail from there. Some villages of Bhachau are included in Vagad but not Bhachau.

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