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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Ajol
| native_name             = ગુજરાતી
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Gujarat, India
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| subdivision_name        = {{flag|India}}
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Gandhinagar district|Gandhinagar]]
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| population_total        = 5844
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| demographics1_title1    = Official
| demographics1_info1     = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = [http://www.citypincode.in/GUJARAT/GANDHI_NAGAR/AJOL_PINCODE 382810]

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'''Ajol''' is a village in Mansa Taluka of [[Gandhinagar district]], [[Gujarat]], India. It is well known for its silk weaving.<ref name="GG1975"/>

==Demographics==
As of the 2001 India [[census]], Ajol had a population of 5,844. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ajol has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90%, and female literacy is 73%. In Ajol, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Places of interest==
The Boria Mahadev temple is popular among followers. Swami Sadashiv Saraswati lived here for a long time. It is believed that he participated in [[Indian rebellion of 1857]]. He died here on Kartik Sud 10, [[Samvat]] 1999 (1938 AD).<ref name="GG1975">{{cite book|editor=S. B. Rajyagor|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Mehsana District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JycbAAAAIAAJ|series=Gujarat State Gazetteers|volume=5|year=1975|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, [[Government of  Gujarat]]|pages=782-783}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Gandhinagar district}}
[[Category:Villages in Gandhinagar district]]


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