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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2006}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Bochasan
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = town
| image_skyline           = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = 
| nickname                = 
| pushpin_map             = India Gujarat#India3
| pushpin_label_position  = right
| pushpin_map_alt         = 
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates             = {{coord|22|24|35|N|72|50|34|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Anand district|Anand]]
| established_title       = <!-- Established -->
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
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| government_type         = 
| governing_body          = 
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 
| area_rank               = 
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
| population_total        = 8,128
| population_as_of        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name=census/>
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_rank         = 
| population_demonym      = 
| demographics_type1      = Languages
| demographics1_title1    = Official
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = 388140
| area_code               = +91 2696
| area_code_type          = Telephone code
| registration_plate      =GJ 
| blank1_name_sec1        = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1        = Anand, Vadodara, Nadiad
| website                 = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}} 
| footnotes               = 
| demographics1_info1     = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| blank2_name_sec1        = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1        = Anand
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1        = Borsad
}}

'''Bochasan''' is a village in [[Anand district]], [[Gujarat]], western [[India]].<ref name=census>{{Cite 2011 census of India|580765|Bochasan}}</ref> It is known primarily as the origin of [[Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha]] (BAPS), so named because its first formal center was established in Bochasan in 1907 by its guru Shastriji Maharaj.

==References==
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{{Anand district}}

[[Category:Swaminarayan Sampradaya]]
[[Category:Villages in Anand district]]


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