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- LGD code
- 506869
- Pincode
- 370105
- Post office
- Kukma
- Population
- 7,216
- Households
- 1,636
- Literacy rate
- 68.1%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,442
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 292 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 562 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kukma · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jigar Gor's Ayurveda Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kukma compares
By population, Kukma ranks #4 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.1%
+17.8% vs mandal average
- Kukma
- 68.1%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−31 vs mandal average
- Kukma
- 933
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kukma
- 4.4
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kukma at a glance
Kukma is a village of 7,216 people in 1,636 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 4th-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 68%, 18 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Kachchh district centre, 41 km from Mithi Rohar, the nearest town, under 1 km from Kukma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370105, served by Kukma post office; the LGD village code is 506869. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jigar Gor's Ayurveda Clinic, 8 km away. The village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 8,508 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kukma
- 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
- 7
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 11
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUKMA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,829.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 79
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kukma
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Key facts — Kukma
- LGD code
- 506869
- Pincode
- 370105
- Post office
- Kukma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,508
- Households
- 1,636
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 68.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.21782°N, 69.77792°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
- Nearest railway station
- Kukma (0.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kukma
Nearest town · 13,712 people
Mithi Rohar · ≈ 41 km
≈ 1 h 24 min by car · 1 h 40 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar292 kmcapital
- Mumbai562 km
- Delhi955 km
- Hyderabad1115 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKukma<1 km
- Bus stopAjarakhpur3 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jigar Gor's Ayurveda Clinic8 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpBP2 km
- CollegeBMCB College of Nursing2 km
- Police stationKutch District Police Headquarters12 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Ajarakhpur2.9 km
- Railway station
- Kukmaunder 1 km
- Petrol pump
- BP2.5 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kukma
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)