Naroda

Naroda
Naroda Location of Naroda in Gujarat and India
Coordinates	23°05′00″N 72°40′00″E / 23.0833333°N 72.6666667°E / 23.0833333; 72.6666667
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Nearest city	Ahmedabad
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Codes • Pincode • 380025 • Telephone • +079

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Naroda is a suburban town in the Bapunagar, northeast of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. With the establishment of the Naroda Industrial Area in the 1980s, the town flourished; it is now part of Ahmedabad City. It was incorporated in Ahmedabad approximately 1996. Just eight km from Ahmedabad international airport and bang on SP Ring Road, this area symbolises the heart of emerging Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Vadodara (GAV) corridor.^[1]

Geography

It is located at 23°05′N 72°40′E / 23.083°N 72.667°E / 23.083; 72.667.^[2]

Location

Naroda is approximately three miles from Ahmedabad town (8 km), near the intersection of National Highway No. 8 and National Highway 59. It is near Bapunagar, which is famous for its Diamond Market. Kalupur, the geographic center of Ahmedabad, is at a distance of 5 km.

Naroda has two parts: Juna Naroda (Old Naroda) and Nava Naroda (New Naroda). At the center of Naroda (called Naroda Gam or Naroda Bazaar) are an old fountain and a newly developed park.

Demographics

Naroda has over the last two years transformed from a smelly, neglected area to one of the most sought-after locales for ever-growing service class of city.^[3] It is predominantly a Hindu area with the majority having Patel, Panchal and Vyas as surnames. The population is a mix of people from most of the states in India. It has a large population of Malayalis who have been residing here for the last two decades.

Industry

The Naroda GIDC industrial park hosts national and multinational corporations such as Reliance Industries Ltd., Pepsi Co, Ingersoll-Rand, Dresser, Harshtaiana, Laxmi Engineers and various chemical and textile industries, including Arvind Mills, Umiya Textile and Nirman Textile. Pharmaceutical companies include Dishman^[4], Tuton, Westcoast and Maccure.

Most major township projects are coming up along Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway with Naroda being nodal center for development. In the recent Vibrant Gujarat summit, almost 24 projects worth more than Rs 1,000 crore were slated to come up in this part of city and some of it spilled on to Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway. This includes hospitals, clubs, educational institutions, NRI residential colonies, a business park and a 120-room hotel.^[5]

Places of interest

Naroda features also some other beautiful temples such as Ayyappa Temple, Ranchodrai, Satyanarayan and Padmavati Mataji's Jain Temple and Hanumanji Mandir. It also has the great Mahaprabhuji's Bethak, the famous pilgrim place for the Vaishnavites. It is believed that Mahaprabhu stayed here for some time.

There is also a recently developed lake, and the world's largest collection of antique cars in Kathiawada at IB farm (Dastan Farm).

India's famous Samrat Namkin is also part of Naroda.

People

Dr. Jaydeepbhai Patel, leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is from Naroda. Late Dhirubhai Ambani laid the foundation stone for his big empire at Naroda.

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