Atul, Gujarat

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"Atul Limited" View from Parnera Hill
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Coordinates: 20°31′44″N72°56′28″E / 20.52882°N 72.94116°E / 20.52882; 72.94116
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Gujarat
District Valsad
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total3,486
Languages
  Official Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
396020
Telephone code02632
Vehicle registration GJ-15
Nearest city Valsad & Pardi
Website gujaratindia.com
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Fountain at Atul Ltd.

Atul is an industrial village developed by the chemical conglomerate Atul Ltd, located in the Valsad district of Gujarat, India. Although a small village, it has good educational, recreational facilities, banks, temples, post office, police station and a railway station.

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Demographics

As of Census of India, 2011, [2] [3] Atul has a population of 3486. Males constitute are 51.23% of the population and females are 48.77%. Atul has an average literacy rate of 83.28%; with 87.46% of males and 78.88% of females literate. 8.89% of the population is under 6 years of age. Atul, located on the bank of the Par River, derives its name from the Lalbhai Group owned Atul Ltd.

As of Census of India, 2011, Population details of ATUL(CT):

ATUL(CT) Population, 2011 (In bracket %)
Number of Households869
Population3,486
Male Population1,786 (51.23%)
Female Population1,700 (48.77%)
Children Population310 (8.89%)
Sex-ratio952
Literacy2,903 (83.28%)
Male Literacy1,562 (87.46%)
Female Literacy1,341 (78.88%)
Scheduled Tribes (ST)1,091 (31.30%)
Scheduled Caste (SC)95 (2.73%)

Transport

Railway

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

Bus

Atul is connected by government bus to Valsad. Frequency of government buses are less. Atul is located along the National Highway No 48. The nearest airports are Mumbai (around 200 km) to the south, Surat (around 80 km) & Vadodara (around 215 km) to the north.

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 Companies, 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. It is an English medium school, up to standard 12. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE), New Delhi. Students of standard 9 and 10 appear for the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education). Students of standard 11 and 12 appear for the ISC (Indian School Certificate). [4]

Kalyani School

Kalyani School is a Gujarati medium, co-educational school up to standard 12, following GSHSE Board curriculum. It was founded in 1953. It is managed by Atul Kelavni Mandal. It is the first school in the town and one of the great schools. On 15 August 1948 (on 1st anniversary of Indian Independence) Pandit. Jawaharlal Nehru (first 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 an English medium school, up to standard 12. It follows the 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'. Mr. RP Maurya is the incumbent principal of this 4 decade old school.

Atul Ltd

The village Atul was developed due to the company Atul Ltd. [5] which was established around 1950 here. The Company established successful joint venture companies with world-renowned multi-national companies namely American Cyanamid Company (now a part of BASF AG and Pfizer Inc) in 1947, Imperial Chemical Industries plc (now a part of Akzo Nobel and Astra Zeneca plc) in 1955 and Ciba-Geigy Ltd (now a part of BASF AG and Huntsman Corporation) in 1960. It is the first private sector company of India to have been inaugurated by its first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Spread over 1,300 acres, the manufacturing facility is an example of transformation of completely barren lands into one of the greenest chemical complexes in the world. The 1,350 (2012–13) products and formulations sold by Atul Ltd are used by around 4,000 (2012–13) customers belonging to diverse industries particularly Adhesives, Agriculture, Animal Feed, Automobile, Chemical, Composites, Construction, Cosmetic, Defence, Dyestuff, Electrical and Electronics, Flavour and Fragrance, Food, Glass, Home Care, Horticulture, Hospitality, Paint and Coatings, Paper, Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Plastic, Polymer, Rubber, Soap and Detergent, Textile and Tyre. The Company has established subsidiary companies in the USA (1994), the UK (1996), Germany (1998), China (2004) and Brazil (2012) to serve its customers and thus enhance breadth and depth of its business. Atul Ltd is a parent company of Atul Infotech. [6]

Atul Ltd has very well developed colonies for residence of its employees in Atul Village. The colonies are named as Down Colony, Up Colony, Suruchi Colony, Suvidha Colony, G-J-K Colony, Cyanamid Colony etc. Three Guest Houses belonging to the Company are also located in the residential area.

Temples & Mosque

Other Facilities

Banks

Post Office

Atul Post Office [7] is located in Atul village of Valsad district of Gujarat state. It is a sub post office. Pin code of Atul Post Office is 396020. This post office falls under Valsad postal division of the Gujarat postal circle. Atul post office offers all the postal services like delivery of mails & parcels, money transfer, banking, insurance and retail services. It also provides other services including passport applications, P.O. Box distribution, and other delivery services in Atul.

Police Station

Atul Police Station is a small police station located near Atul post office, Atul.

Atul Club

Atul Club offers several sport facilities such as badminton, billiards, swimming, table tennis and also has a gymnasium for fitness enthusiasts.

Ulhas Cricket Ground

Ulhas Cricket Ground is biggest cricket ground of Atul village. Utkarsh, Ulhas organization organises cricket tournament, culture programs, food festival, annual fun fair at Ulhas Cricket Ground for joy and encouraging local people in sports. Atul Premier League(APL) was also organized at this place by Atul Yuva Group and Atul Co. Op. Housing Society.

Open Air Theatre

Open Air Theatre is located near Atul Vidyalaya of Atul village. The capacity of Open Air Theatre is around 2500-3000 people. Open Air Theatre is an important place for Annual functions, Atul Day, Movie Screening and Cultural programs.

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