The city is represented by a constituency in the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha . It forms part of the Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency The Gujarat earthquake of 2001 majorly affected the city of Gandhidham along with many nearby towns like Bhuj , Anjar , Bhachau and more . The shock , which measured 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( '' Extreme '' ) , killed 13,805 – 20,023 , left roughly 166,800 injured , and many were left homeless including Gandhidham . The death toll in the Kutch region was 12,300 . Bhuj , which was situated only 50 km away from the Gandhidham , was devastated . Considerable damage also occurred in City Gandhdidham and Bhachau and Anjar with hundreds of villages flattened in Taluka of Anjar , Bhuj and Bhachau
Gujarat earthquake of 2001
2001 Gujarat earthquake
Gandhidham