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Bochasan

Coordinates: 22°24′35″N 72°50′34″E / 22.40972°N 72.84278°E / 22.40972; 72.84278
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Bochasan
town
Bochasan is located in Gujarat
Bochasan
Bochasan
Location in Gujarat, India
Bochasan is located in India
Bochasan
Bochasan
Bochasan (India)
Coordinates: 22°24′35″N 72°50′34″E / 22.40972°N 72.84278°E / 22.40972; 72.84278
Country India
StateGujarat
DistrictAnand
Population
 • Total8,128
Languages
 • OfficialGujarati, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
388140
Telephone code+91 2696
Vehicle registrationGJ
Nearest cityAnand, Vadodara, Nadiad
Lok Sabha constituencyAnand
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBorsad
Websitegujaratindia.com

Bochasan is a village in Anand district, Gujarat, western India.[1] It is known primarily as the origin of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), so named because its first formal center was established in Bochasan in 1907 by its guru Shastriji Maharaj.

References

  1. ^ a b "Bochasan". 2011 Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.