Bhachau | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Bhachau Entrance Gate | |
  Bhachau Location in Gujarat, India  Bhachau Bhachau (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°17′46″N 70°20′35″E / 23.296°N 70.343°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Kutch |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 180,000+ |
| • Rank | 217 (Kutch Rank) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi, Kutchi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | GJ-39 |
| Sex ratio | 1000:922 ♂/♀ |
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[1] as well as in the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. As of 2011[update] it had a population of 39,532 in over 8,647 households.[2]
Bhachau is often mentioned in the TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, as the Gada family and the protagonist Jethalal hail from there.[3] Some villages of Bhachau are included in Vagad but not Bhachau.
- ^ "Quake rocks Kutch". The Hindu. 24 July 1956. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ "View Population". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ^ Gujarat comes alive on TV