Ankleshwar (sometimes written Ankaleshwar) is a city and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Bharuch district Bharuch (formerly commonly known as Broach) in India, is a district in the southern part of the Kathiawar peninsula on the west coast of state of Gujarat with a size and population comparable to that of Greater Boston. Bharuch derives its name f ...

in the state of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, India. The city is located 14 kilometres from Bharuch. Ankleshwar Industrial Association (AIA) is the largest organisation of the

Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) was established under the ''Gujarat Industrial Development Act of 1962'', with a goal of accelerating industrialization in the state of Gujarat, India. Main role of the GIDC is to identify locati ...

, where over 2000 industries are registered.

Economy

The town is known for its industrial township called

(GIDC). Ankleshwar has an office of the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited). Ankleshwar has over 1500 chemical plants, producing products such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and paints. GIDC has started organizing Trade fair and Industrial expo occasionally to attract large number of industries all over from India. It also helps to get customers on large basis. MNC companies like Siemens ABB and GM have their offices at Ankleshwar.

Demographics

India

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, Ankleshwar had a population of 140,839. A very large population of 35000-40000 of them are Muslims. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Ankleshwar has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with 82.14% of the males and 65% of females literate.

Transport

Ankleshwar is connected by Indian National Highway 8 (

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) and by the Western Railway Division of

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. The railway division runs the broad gauge train services to

Rajpipla Rajpipla is a town and a municipality in the Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was the capital of the former Kingdom of Rajpipla. Geography Rajpipla is located at . It has an average elevation of 148 metres (485 ...

. The 140-year-old (2021)

Golden Bridge The Golden Bridge connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch in the Gujarat state of western India. It was built in 1881 by the British, who needed a bridge across the Narmada River to create better access to trade and administration officials in Bombay ...

built in (1881) connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch across the Narmada on the station front while a new bridge connects the highway, the other bridge made by L&T on the highway is now ready to use. Ankleshwar railway station is centrally located at the intersection of NH8 & Station Road. Ankleshwar City Bus stand is located on Station Road (i.e. located in the City, the western section). Development project of

Ankleshwar Airport Ankleshwar Airport is a greenfield airport being constructed at village Mandva on National Highway 8 near Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. The Airports Authority of India has cleared the techno-economic feasibility report for the proposed airfiel ...

& City Bus are in pipe line in last stage.

Notable people

Anklesaria, a toponymic surname for Ankleshwar, is found among

Parsis Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

from India: *

Saniya Anklesaria Saniya Anklesaria is an actress who appears in Hindi films, commercials and TV shows. She is known for her role of ''Max'' in the Disney Channel India sitcom, ''The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir'', an Indian adaptation of the American show ''The ...

, Indian actress * Shahnaz Aiyar (d. 2015), Indian writer, wife of Swaminathan Aiyar

References

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