Ankleshwar (sometimes written Ankaleshwar;

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: ''Aṁkalēśvara'') is a city in the Bharuch district in the state of

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, India. The city is located 14 kilometres from

Bharuch Bharuch () is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District. The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a shi ...

. The village of

Adadara Adadara is a village in Ankleshwar division, Bharuch district, Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the ...

is in Ankleshwar division.

Industry

Ankleshwar Industrial Association (AIA) is the largest organisation of the

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, where over 2000 industries are registered. Ankleshwar is a hub of the chemical industry in India. One aggregation of plants, the Ankleshwar Industrial Estate, produces more than 5 percent of India's output of chemical products, including pharmaceuticals and dyes.

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is regulated by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, which charges the AIA with self-enforcement of its constituent organisations.

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

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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. Name Bhil population gave it the name Rajpipla for the ruler resided first under a pipal t ...

. 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 United Kingdom, British, who needed a bridge across the Narmada River to create better access to trade and administration offic ...

built in (1881) connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch across the

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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 Ankleshwar Junction railway station is a railway station serving Ankleshwar town, in Bharuch district of Gujarat State of India. It is under Vadodara railway division of Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is located on New Delhi–Mu ...

is centrally located at the intersection of NH8 & Station Road.

Ankleshwar City Bus stand Ankleshwar (sometimes written Ankaleshwar; ISO: ''Aṁkalēśvara'') is a city in the Bharuch district in the state of Gujarat, India. The city is located 14 kilometres from Bharuch. The village of Adadara is in Ankleshwar division. Industry ...

is located on Station Road (i.e. located in the City, the western section). Development project of

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

& City Bus are in pipe line in the last stage.

Notable people

Anklesaria, a toponymic surname for Ankleshwar, is found among

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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 ''T ...

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

Swaminathan Aiyar Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar (born 12 October 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist, and columnist. He is consulting editor for the ''Economic Times'' and writes regularly for the ''Economic Times'' and ''The Times of India''. He is also a ...

References

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