Bhachau is a city and a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Kutch district in the state of
Gujarat
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,
India
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. Bhachau was one of many devastated towns in the Kutch region of the Indian state of
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, 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.
Geography
Bhachau is located at .
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Bhachau
/ref> It has an average elevation of 41 metres (134 feet).
One of the historical places in Bhachau is the hill of ''Kathhad Dada''.
References
External links
Image of Bhachau street
Cities and towns in Kutch district
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