Ankleshwar

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Ankleshwar
Ankleshwar Location of Ankleshwar in Gujarat and India
Coordinates	21°36′N 73°00′E / 21.6°N 73°E / 21.6; 73
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District(s)	Bharuch
Population	67,952 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Codes • Pincode • 393001 • Vehicle • gj 16

Ankleshwar, (sometimes written Ankleshvar Gujarati: અંકલેશ્વર) is a city and a municipality in the Bharuch district of the state of Gujarat, India. The city is located approximately ten kilometres from Bharuch.

Contents 1 Economy 2 Transport 3 Demographics 4 Education 5 Shopping and Recreation 6 Healthcare 7 Notable people 8 References

[edit] Economy

Ankleshwar is known for its industrial township called GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation), which is one of the biggest in Asia. Ankleshwar also has an office of the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited). Today, Ankleshwar has over 5000 big and small chemical plants. These chemical plants produce products such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, and paint.

Petroleum additives like Sodium Petroleum Sulphonate having use in cutting oil emulsifier / metal working fluids, ore flotation, motor oil and fuel oil additives and anti corrosion compound, dispersant decreasing pigment grind time with increased pigment loading capacity and reducing flashing time and energy requirements and secondary corrosion inhibitor inks, flushes and coatings requiring pigment wetting and suspension Calcium Petroleum Sulphonate / Barium Petroleum Sulphonate having use in rust preventive agent, engine oil additives & emulsifier in pesticides are manufactured by Daxesh Petrochem Pvt. Ltd.^[1]

The pharmaceutical company, Cadila Healthcare, has a plant to make active pharmaceutical ingredients in Ankleshwar. Not only Cadila but other leading pharmaceuticals of India had started their phrameceuticals producing plants over here. The resin industry like Resins & Plastics Limited & Pragati Chemicals Limited also having manufacturing facility at Ankleshwar which are catering for auto coating as well as general industrial coating resins.

The multi product manufacturing organization, Kohinoor Group of Industries^[2], has a plant to make active pharmaceutical ingredient, dyestuffs, pigments, hair colour and cosmetics in Ankleshwar. The multi-national firm Hoechst India Limited, which has become defunct, has a plant to make Rabies vaccine, pharmaceuticals and agro chemicals. Thus Hoechst sold its Rabies vaccine division to Chiron Behring Vaccine India which has now been taken over by Novartis. The Pharmaceutical plant is now run by Sanofi Aventis and the Agro Chemical plant is now run by Bayer.

All these above mentioned industries as well as domestic consumers are supplied eco-freiendly piped natural gas by the Gujarat Gas Company Limited, a subsidiary of BG Group plc. Rather than this, Lupin ltd has one manufacturing plant at Ankleshwar.It Supplies the Ethambutol HCL in largest quantity in world.

[edit] Transport

Ankleshwar is well connected by Indian National Highway 8 (Mumbai to New Delhi) and by the Western Railway Division of Indian Railways. The railway division also runs the narrow gauged train services to Rajpipla. The 132 year-old Golden Bridge connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch across the Narmada on the station front while a new bridge connects the highway, the other bridge on the highway has been under maintenance for some time causing regular traffic jams at the four laned NH:8.

There are many auto rickshaws (3 wheeled passenger accommodating petrol/diesel vehicles) and utility vehicles in Ankleshwar providing the means of transport within most of the city. Intra-district and Inter-state buses also serve Ankleshwar frequently, to most of the nearby cities and states. In addition to this there are private bus operators ferrying passengers across Ankleshwar.

There are two online CNG filling stations operated by Gujarat Gas Company in the city which cater to the above mentioned road transport vehicles. Recently, a new CNG station has been opened in GIDC located opposite the Smt. JayaBen Modi hospital and adjacent to the Shalimar hotel.

The main road which connects the highway to Valia is being widened, which will reduce the time taken for traveling. This road meets the widened road from Ghadkol-Patiya, Pragati-Path. The railway station has been given a face lift and now Platform No.2 also has an overhead shad

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[3] Ankleshwar had a population of 67,952. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ankleshwar has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Education

Among the schools, there are Unity English Medium School, Swami Vivekananda School (English Medium), Swami Vivekananda School (Gujarati Medium), the E.N.Ginwala High School, the Zenith High School, the Aaddarsh School, the Lions School, Shree Gattu Vidyalaya, Sanskar Deep, the Gurukul, UBMM,the National High School, the Saraswati Vidya Mandir, the Kendriya Vidhyalaya.

• The colleges are:
• The Kadakya Commerce and Arts College.

The most famous schools in Ankleshwar are:

• The Swami Vivekananda School (English and Gujarati Medium), it offers education from from kindergarten to Higher Secondary (Science) in both English and Gujarati.
• The Lions School, a one of internationally known with excellent infrastructure for education in Gujarati and English medium, offers education from kindergarten to Higher Secondary (Commerce)
• The Shree Gattu Vidyalaya^[4] is one of the oldest schools of Ankleshwar, providing education from kindergarten to higher secondary. It offers both English and Gujarati mediums, Gattu is named after a son of the director of Asian Paints Limited.

Also,

• The C.M. Academy (Chandra Bala Modi Academy), is a CBSE school powered by One multinational Company Gujarat Guardian Ltd.
• Public School, Kharod (Panoli) is a CBSE school.
• The Kendriya Vidhyalaya - ONGC
• Manav School - Jhagadia is a CBSE Affiliated School
• UBMM,the National High School, is Affiliated by Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Board, runing bothin English and Hindi Medium.In English Medium the Principal is Mr. G.B. Pathak, Teacher in- Charge Mr. Santosh kumar Das w.e.f.01-07-2009.

The objectives of this School is to Educate only the needed Students who are from poor family.Its Teaching Staff members are highly qualifed and prominent to teach students with hnoestly.Students feel good with the facalty members. Mr.Santosh Kumar Das is the favorite to all the students

Unity English medium school offers both primary and secondary education.

There are also very important Darul-Ulooms in surrounding villages which are of considerable importance to Muslims in area for teaching Islamic knowledge, including Shariah law.

[edit] Shopping and Recreation

There are many parks (such as The Millennium Park and old parks in Ankleshwar city), the GIDC Water Reservoir, Sports center, Swimming pools, Joggers Park, Children Park, Rotary library and other recreation centres in the GIDC area. Small and big shops near the Chauta Bazar and Sardar Park area (in GIDC) are the central shopping zones. Prominent hotels in Ankleshwar include the Sadanand Hotel, Lords Plaza, The Shalimaar (3-4 star hotels) and other budget hotels like Sun Plaza, Royal Palace, Sha's Inn and so on.

[edit] Healthcare

Most of the clinics and hospitals are owned and operated by individual doctors and medical professionals. Pharmacies are also operated and run by individual people. Private hospitals are generally in good condition and include modern technology.

Hospitals include the Jayaben Modi Hospital^[5] is the biggest in Ankleshwar and has state-of-the art technology. The Sanjivanii Hospital is also large and one of the popular and is served by pediatricians and physicians. Other hospitals include facilities of x-rays, sonography, and other necessities.

[edit] Notable people

• Shri Ahmedbai Mohamadbai Patel- veteran Indian Congress MP Rajya Sabha
• Shri Hirabhai Kanchanlal Modi - Ex. President of Ankleshwar Nagar Palika and veteran Political leader of various parties.
• Shrimati Dahyiben Rana - Veteran Politician and social servant.
• Late Shri Shantilal kikabhai shahtri [1] - Veteran Freedom fighter and Social Servant.
• Gand Swarup Shrimati Sakriben B. Bhagat - Ex. Nagarpalika Corporate member and social servant.
• Late Shri Bhikhabhai Motiram Bhagat [2] - Veteran Social Servant
• Munaf patel (INDIAN CRICKETER KNOWN AS BHARUCH EXPRESS)
• Shri Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel (MLA - BJP)
• Shri Somabhai Ratanjee Patel (Sarpanch, Nava Borbhatha)

[edit] References

LateShri D.A.Anandpurasaheb(Chairman of AIA)