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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
NM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Narmadaben Mansukhbhai Makani
Contact: 95****9007
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- LGD code
- 506913
- Pincode
- 370105
- Post office
- Kukma
- Population
- 1,078
- Households
- 230
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 361
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakar compares
By population, Chakar ranks #69 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.2%
−4.1% vs mandal average
- Chakar
- 46.2%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−25 vs mandal average
- Chakar
- 939
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Chakar
- 4.7
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakar at a glance
Chakar is a village of 1,078 people in 230 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 69th-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 46%, 4 points below the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 370105, served by Kukma post office; the LGD village code is 506913. The sarpanch is Narmadaben Mansukhbhai Makani, and the village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 1,271 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chakar
- LGD code
- 506913
- Pincode
- 370105
- Post office
- Kukma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,078
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,271
- Households
- 230
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Narmadaben Mansukhbhai Makani
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
- Nearest railway station
- Chirai (15.9 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)