Nakhatrana | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 23.35°N 69.2633°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
Subdivision Name2: | Kutch |
Subdivision Name3: | Nakhatrana |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2 |
Population Total: | 12534 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 370615 |
Area Code: | 02835 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | GJ-12 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bhuj |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Dry (Köppen) |
Demographics1 Info1: | kutchi, Gujarati, Hindi |
Nakhatrana is a city and headquarters for a taluka in the middle of Kutch (kachchh), Gujarat, in India.[1]
Nakhatrana got its name from a very famous tale when Paliwal Bramhins from Pali migrated to Kutch, the then ruler gifted greenest part of Kutch without any document, 'khat' in Gujarati. Joshi is the popular surname of Bramhins here
In the 2011 census,[2] the village of Nakhatrana had 17478.[3] named Lakhiarviro (near present-day Nakhatrana) after his twin brother Lakhiar.[14]
A large village, it is famous for its spicy Dabeli snack and bangles. It is also famous for Spicy Onion Samosa.
K.V. High School is an old school with a history. Divine school, Uma high school, Archana St Xaviers, Keshav Saraswati Vidhya Madi r
The village contain 6 government primary school, 2 high schools, 4 private schools, 1 college and ITI. Nakhatrana is developing educational centre. Nakhatrana is located on National Highway 8.