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{{Short description|City in Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhachau
| official_name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Kutchi
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Bhachau Gate.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Bhachau Entrance Gate
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.296|N|70.343|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Gujarat|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kutch district|Kutch]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 41
| population_total = 180,000+
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_rank = 217 (Kutch Rank)
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 370140
| registration_plate = GJ-39
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1000:922 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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'''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]]<ref name="h">{{cite news|title=Quake rocks Kutch|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/24/stories/2006072400940900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824132322/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/24/stories/2006072400940900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2011|accessdate=16 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 July 1956}}</ref> as well as in the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]]. {{Asof|2011}} it had a population of 39,532 in over 8,647 households.<ref name="Census2001">{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=2616&category=M | title=View Population | publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>

Bhachau is often mentioned in the TV show [[Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah]], as the Gada family and the protagonist [[Dilip Joshi|Jethalal]] hail from there.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/news-and-gossip/Gujarat-comes-alive-on-TV/articleshow/17293926.cms?referral=PM Gujarat comes alive on TV]</ref> Some villages of Bhachau are included in Vagad but not Bhachau.

== Geography ==
Bhachau is located at {{coord|23.28|N|70.35|E|}}.<ref>[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Bhachau.html 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 ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050719004808/http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/gujarat/images/gujurat07.jpg Image of Bhachau street]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Kutch district]]

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StephaineShrader at 20:19, 31 March 2025