Jakhau

Jakhau
Jakhan, Juckow
village
Jakhau is located in Gujarat
Jakhau
Jakhau
Location in Gujarat, India
Jakhau is located in India
Jakhau
Jakhau
Jakhau (India)
Coordinates: 23°13′07″N 68°43′01″E / 23.21861°N 68.71694°E / 23.21861; 68.71694
Country India
StateGujarat
DistrictKutch (Kachchh)
TalukaAbdasa
Government
 • BodyGram Panchayat
Elevation15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,076
Languages
 • Officialkutchi, Gujarati
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
370640
Vehicle registrationGJ-12
Nearest cityBhuj
Lok Sabha constituencyKachchh
Vidhan Sabha constituencyAbdasa[2]
Civic agencyGram Panchayat
Websitegujaratindia.com

Jakhau (Ja-kha-oo, pronounced as Ja-kho by locals) is a village in Gujarat, western India. Administratively, it is under Abdasa Taluka, Kutch District, of Gujarat.[3] Jakhau is 17 km by road west-southwest of Naliya, the taluka headquarters. Jakhau Salt, the port of Jakhau, is situated a further 15 km westwards.

  1. ^ Lakhpat, India, Sheet NF 42-2 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000), Series 1501, United States Defense Mapping Agency, August 1981
  2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation, State: Gujarat, District: Ahmadabad" (PDF). National Information Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Villages of Abdasa Taluka". Kutch District. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.