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Country
  
India

District
  
Bharuch

PIN
  
392230

Local time
  
Saturday 12:35 AM

State
  
Gujarat

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
2641

Area code
  
2641

Ikhar

Weather
  
26°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 57% Humidity

Ikhar is a village in the Bharuch district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The village has a population of 12,342. Munaf Patel, the famous Indian cricketer is from here and has a mansion situated on the outskirts near the chicken farm.

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Map of Ikhar, Gujarat 392230

Mosques

Islam is the major religion followed by the people here. There are total five mosques in the village:

Jumma Masjid
Ikhar's oldest and main mosque which is located in the middle of village in the area called 'Chora'
Khwaja Garib-e-Nawaz Mosque
the largest mosque in Ikhar which is located in North-West corner of the Ikhar Cricket Ground. The area where this mosque is located is also called the 'Padar'

This is the most popular mosque in Ikhar.

Masjid e Bilal
This mosque is located on far North-West corner of the Village. This is latest built mosque in Ikhar area which is known as Garaswadi. This mosque was built by Chaplin Family, a wealthier family that is settled in Leicester, United Kingdom.

References

Ikhar Wikipedia
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