Kalol is a town and a municipality (

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) in

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in the

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Geography

Kalol is located at . It has an average elevation of 100 metres (328 feet). It has one pond.

Industry

Kalol and

Halol Halol is a city and a municipality (tehsil) in Panchmahal district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in western India, it has an average elevation of 499 metres (1637 feet). Halol is a major manufacturing hub of Western India, ...

(nearest city) constitute a

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(SEZ). Larger companies are located here like MG Car Company Limited (Morris Garages), Raychem RPG Pvt Ltd (RPG), AMBE International, SETCO Automotive, CEAT Tyres, GUNNEBO, Panchmahal Steel, Sintex Industries (

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s), Grandtech Engineering Works,

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, INOX India Ltd., Plastichemix, DeviDayal Agro Chemicals, Bayer ABS, HNG Float Glass, Integra Engineering India Ltd ,Krishna Defense & Dairy Industries Ltd and many more. General Motors India Private Limited was shifted to Maharashtra State.

Demographics

As of 2001 census,Population Finder
/ref> Kalol had a population of 111,700, out of which 54% male and 46% female. Kalol makes majority of Kalol Urban Aggmaration, other village of which is Derol Station with a population of 3,226. Total population of Kalol UA is 27,903.

Transport

Road

Kalol lies on the four lane toll road Halol-Godhra Highway, which passes through the town. It is connected to

Godhra Godhra () is a municipality in Panchmahal district in Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Panchmahal district. Originally the name came from ''gou'' which means "cow" and "dhara"- which have two meanings depend ...

(27 km) in North and

(13 km) and

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(50 km) to the South. Apart from main highway, it is connected to adjacent villages through network of country roads. Most of the country roads are paved, single-lane traffic and reasonably maintained. Portion of the highway between Halol and Vadodara is toll road.

Rail

Adjoining village of Derol Station provides railway connectivity to Kalol. Railway connections are available to

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through short distance memu trains. It is connected to

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through two long distance trains - Firozpur Janata express and Dehradun express. It is also connected with

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through Jabalpur - Somnath Express and Indore Gandhinagar Shanti Express trains.

Bus

Apart from railways, Kalol is served by the bus network of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation GSRTC. After getting new bus depot, Kalol now has vast range of local bus connectivity and also a number of express buses for Godhra and Vadodara routes. Kalol Bus Station comes under Godhra ST Division.

Air

The nearest airport is Vadodara Airport (

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: BDQ,

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: VABO), which is about 52 km away from town. Vadodara Airport is an International airport but has limited destinations of flights going abroad; it has direct flight connection to

and

Another nearby international airport is Ahmedabad Airport, which has flight connections to domestic and international destinations such as USA, London, Paris and FrankFurt.

Education

Primary, secondary and higher secondary education is provided by the schools in town. Schools are there for both Gujarati and English medium of instructions. Some of the schools are MGS High School, PKS High School, Shree Bhagini Seva Mandal Kumarshala, Girls School, Shantiniketan Rotary Vidhyalaya (REM school), Maharshi Vidyalaya-Gujarati Medium, Navrachna Gurukul Kids in English and Gujarati medium, Ankur Vidhyalaya-English Medium, Little Flower. Higher education is limited to Bachelors College affiliated with Shri Govind Guru University. College provides degrees in major of Commerce, Arts and Law. Also P. P. Chauhan Institute for computer education (BCA) situated at Alindra four-crossing, Kalol. Computer education is located at I.T.C.T. Computer Academy, Kalol. M. M. Gandhi Arts and Commerce College is situated near by Kalol.

Hospital

Hospital and Clinics like Referral Hospital, Astha Hospital, Supeda Hospital, Kalol Hospital, Sanjivani hospital, Pooja hospital , Vatsalya hospital, Radha Gopi Hospital and more small hospitals are available in the city.

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in Panchmahal district