Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Gujarat
- Headquarters
- Bhuj
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Kutch
- Total
- 45,674 km (17,635 sq mi)
- Density
- 45.811/km (118.65/sq mi)
- Official
- Gujarati , Kutchi
- Regional
- Kutchi , Sindhi
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( Indian Standard Time )
- Vehicle registration
- GJ-12, GJ-39
- Sex ratio
- 0.908 ♂ / ♀
- Literacy
- 70.59%
- Website
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Kutch district ( Kachhi: [kətːʃʰ]), is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km, Kutch is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than the entire area of other Indian states like Haryana (44,212 km) and Kerala (38,863 km), as well as the country of Estonia (45,335 km). The population of Kutch is about 2,092,371. It has 10 talukas, 939 villages, and 6 municipalities. The Kutch district is home to the Kutchi people who speak the Kutchi language.
Kutch literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry; a large part of this district is known as Rann of Kutch which is shallow wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons. The same word is also used in Sanskrit origin for a tortoise. The Rann is known for its marshy salt flats which become snow white after the shallow water dries up each season before the monsoon rains.