Bharuch is a city located in the west of India in the state of Gujarat and the STD code is 02642.
Bharuch Location and description
Bharuch is located on the mouth of the river Narmada and is half-way between the cities of Surat to the South and Vadodara to the North. It is famous for processing peanuts and other nuts which are grown in the farmlands of the surrounding Bharuch District of which the city Bharuch is the administrative capital.
Alongside this Bharuch is also the home to many multinational corporations, as well as cotton, textile and chemical industries. It is also a shopping hub which attracts visitors from across the state and from further afield.
The city has a population of 168,000 and landlines used in residential houses are preceded by the Bharuch STD code 02642.
Bharuch STD Code: 02642
The STD code can be demonstrated using the phone number for the Bharuch tourist office. The number for calls from within India is 02642 222332. If calling from abroad you will need to drop the ‘0’ from the Bharuch STD code, replacing it with the India international dialling code of +91, making the revised number +91 2642 222332.
The Bharuch STD code also finds a home at the start of the number for the Chadar Sahib Ji Bharauch, a sikh temple in the city, a Gurduwara as they are known. The number for this temple is 02642 249873.
Bharuch District STD Codes
As mentioned previously in this article Bharuch is a district of which the capital Bharuch city is the capital. While the 02642 STD code covers the city of Bharuch it is not the local code for the other municipalities in the Bharuch district are as follows:
| Municipality | STD Code |
| Amod | 02641 |
| Ankleshwar | 02646 |
| Hansot | 02647 |
| Jambusar | 02644 |
| Jhagadia | 02645 |
| Netrang | 02643 |
| Vagra | 02641 |
| Valia | 02643 |