Atul

Atul
—  town  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District(s)	Valsad
Nearest city	Valsad/Pardi
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 396020 • Telephone • +02632

Atul is an industrial village developed due to the company Atul Ltd, located in District Valsad, State Gujarat, India. Although small village, it has very good educational and recreational facilities, banks, temples, post office and railway station. Its colony is also very well developed. The word Atul means incomparable.

Demographics

As of 2001 (India census"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. ) Atul has a population of 5352. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Atul has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Atul, located on the bank of river Par, derives its name from the Lalbhai Group owned Atul Limited.

Transport

Atul is located on Western Railway on Mumbai (Bombay)-Surat segment. It is 187 km from Mumbai Central. It is 76 km from Surat, 205 km from Vadodara (Baroda), 305 km from Ahmedabad. While coming from Mumbai, it is the previous station before Valsad.

The nearest airports are Mumbai (Bombay) on south (200 km) and Surat (around 80 km) & Vadodara (Baroda)(around 215 km) on north.

Atul is located on National Highway no. 8.

Educational Facilities

Although Atul is a small village there are very good schools available in Atul and nearby areas. The main schools are as follows.

Atul Vidyalaya

Atul Vidyalaya, founded in 1991 and sponsored by the Lalbhai Group of Industries, aims to create a centre for education, wherein each child is imparted knowledge that is contemporary and at the same time rooted firmly in our cultural heritage. The school believes in providing a joyful environment for learning, not by rote but through hands-on experience and understanding. This is an English medium school, up to 12th standard.The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE), New Delhi. Students of 9 & 10 appear for the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education). Students of 11 & 12 appear for the ISC (Indian School Certificate).In 12th it provides education in Commerce and Science stream For imparting the best possible education, the school has been divided into 4 academic stages Pre-Primary – Nursery, Junior KG & Senior KG Primary – Classes 1 to 4 Middle – Classes 5 to 8 Secondary – Classes 9 to 12 Keeping in mind that students are developmentally different in each stage of school, the academic policies and processes are different at each stage. Details of the academic policy for each stage are available in detail elsewhere (Hyperlink) Each stage, called a Cluster, is headed by a Cluster Coordinator, who has a lot of autonomy in implementing the policies & procedures.

Kalyani School

This is Gujarati medium school, up to 12th standard, following Guj. SHE Board curriculum. It is the first school in the town and one of the great school. On 15 August 1948 (on 1st anniversary of Indian Independence) Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru (former Prime Minister of India) had given a speech from the podium of Kalyani School, Atul.

Vallabh Ashram School

One more school is located 2.5 km away from Atul. It is English medium school, up to 12th standard, following CBSE curriculum. It has hostel facilities for boys as well as girls. Its full name is 'M.G. M. Amin and V. N. Savani School'. Its the best school in times.

Entertainment Facilities

Atul club

Atul club is located in Atul and has facilities like swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna bath, steam bath, Jacuzzi, badminton courts, squash court, card room, place for marriage party etc.

Multiplexes

There are two multiplexes on Atul - Valsad road. Rajhans Cine World is 5 km away and Cine Park is 5.5 km away from Atul.

Beach

Tithal beach is around 14 km away from Atul.

Religious Facilities

Whatever be your religious faith, you are likely to find your religious place for worship nearby Atul.

Jain temple: Temple of Vasupujya Swami is located on the National Highway No. 8, near Third Gate in Atul. There is also facility for jain sadhuji / sadhviji to stay near the temple.

Atuleshwar' - a Shiv temple: It is located in Atul near dispensary.

Mosque: It is located in Atul near Dargah in Down Colony.

Ambamata Temple: It is 1.5 km away from Atul on Atul - Valsad Road [state highway].

Shree Ayyappa Temple: It is 4 km away from Atul on Atul - Valsad Road.

Hanuman Temple: It is 4.5 km away from Atul on Atul - Valsad Road.

Jalaram Bapa Temple: It is in Valsad [Tithal road] around 8 km from Atul.

Churches: There are two churches located in Valsad, 8 km away from Atul.

Parsi Agiyari: The holy place for Parsi, Udvada is around 10 km from Atul.

Saibaba Temple: It is at Tithal around 16 km from Atul.

Swaminarayan Temple: It is at Tithal around 17 km from Atul.

Fuel Filling Station

There is one petrol & diesel filling station in Atul. CNG filling station is located around 2.5 KM away towards Pardi side. LPG filling station is 6 km away near crossing of National Highway and Valsad Dharampur Road.

Post Office and Banks

A post office is located in the Atul campus and the campus also houses three banks viz. State Bank of India ( SBI ), Axis Bank and UCO Bank. ATM facility for the following is also available within the campus.

• Axis [ Located close to Highway No:8 ]
• SBI
• ICICI

Atul Ltd.

The village Atul was developed due to the company Atul Ltd which was established around 1950 here. Its chemical complex, located in Atul village, manufactures dyes, agrochemicals, polymers, armatics, bulk chemical, bulk drugs and intermediates. Its manufacturing facilities are divided into East site [original Atul Ltd, manufacturing Agrochemicals, bulk chemicals and dyes and housiung corporate office], West site [Origianl Atic Industries Ltd, manufacturing Dyes] North site, also called PP site [Origianl Cibatul Ltd, manufacturing Polymers and Pharmaceuticals] and South site.

Atul Ltd has very well developed colonies for residence of its employees in Atul Village. The colonies are named as Down Colony, Up Colony, Atic Colony, Suvidha Colony, GJK colony etc. Three Guest Houses belonging to Atul Ltd are also located in the residencial area.

External links

• Atul ltd. website