Okha, India
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Okha is a small costal town near Jamnagar
Jamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...

, Gujarat, in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, surrounded by the sea and has a beach. The town is famous for its Lord Krishna Temple "Bet Dwaraka", residence of Lord Krishna. The town is connected by rail and bus to the major cities of Guajrat and the rest of India. Okha is one of the busiest ports in Gujarat. The population of the city was estimated at 18,885 as of 2001.

Economy

Okha has an automobile-assembly plant. Fishing and salt processing are also industries.
Some of the major companies in okha are Indian Oil Corporation , tata which is 10 km from Okha in Mithapur .

Schools

There are two main schools in Okha.

1) Kendriya Vidyalaya Okha

2) Panchayat School
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