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- LGD code
- 506805
- Pincode
- 370001
- Post office
- Bhuj Darbargadh Chowk
- Population
- 845
- Households
- 205
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Sex ratio
- 895 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 299
- Distance to district centre
- 170 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 171 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 400 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 678 km
- Nearest railway station
- Naliya · 65 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ishavasyam Hospital · 25 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhrang compares
By population, Dhrang ranks #76 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.3%
+3.0% vs mandal average
- Dhrang
- 53.3%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−69 vs mandal average
- Dhrang
- 895
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Dhrang
- 4.1
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhrang at a glance
Dhrang is a village of 845 people in 205 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 76th-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 53%, 3 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. It lies 170 km from the Kachchh district centre, 65 km from Naliya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370001, served by Bhuj Darbargadh Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 506805. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ishavasyam Hospital, 25 km away. The village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 996 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhrang
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHRANG
- Total area (ha)
- 2,072.54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Dhrang
- LGD code
- 506805
- Pincode
- 370001
- Post office
- Bhuj Darbargadh Chowk
- Population (Census 2011)
- 845
- Population (projected 2026)
- 996
- Households
- 205
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 895
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.82611°N, 68.77528°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
Getting there
How to reach Dhrang
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar400 kmcapital
- Mumbai678 km
- Delhi995 km
- Hyderabad1238 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNaliya65 km
- Hospital / PHCIshavasyam Hospital25 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dhrang
1 Temple, 1 Gurudwara mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)