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| name                            = Anand
| other_name                      = The Milk City
| nickname                        = The Milk City
| settlement_type                 = [[City]]
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| subdivision_name                = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Anand district|Anand]]
| established_title               = <!-- Established -->
| established_date                = 
| founder                         = 
| named_for                       = Anandgir
| government_type                 = Anand Municipal Corporation
| leader_title                    = Municipal Chief - Pramukh
| leader_name                     = Rupalben V. Patel
| unit_pref                       = Metric
| area_footnotes                  = 
| area_rank                       = 
| area_total_km2                  = 47.89
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 39
| population_total                = 218486
| population_as_of                = 2011
| population_rank                 = 
| population_density_km2          = 4562.25
| population_demonym              = Charotar-ites
| population_footnotes            = 
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| demographics1_info1             = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type                = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code                     = 388001
| area_code                       = 2692
| registration_plate              = GJ 23
| website                         = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
| footnotes                       = 
| official_name                   = Anand
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'''Anand''' ({{pronunciation|Anand town.ogg}}) is the administrative centre of [[Anand District]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is administered by Anand Municipality. It is part of the region known as '''Charotar''', consisting of Anand and [[Kheda district|Kheda]] districts.

Anand is known as '''Milk Capital''' of India. It became famous for [[Amul]] dairy and its milk revolution by the Amul trinity: [[Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel|Tribhuvandas Patel]], [[Verghese Kurien]] and [[H.M. Dalaya]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/the-amul-trinity/article23030592.ece 
|title=The Amul trinity |last=DAMODARAN |first=HARISH  |date=September 13, 2012 |website=thehindubusinessline.com |publisher= |access-date=12 January 2021 |quote=The original credit goes to Dalaya — something that Kurien always acknowledged, and reiterated when the former passed away on September 12, 2004. While Patel dealt with the farmers, and Dalaya took charge of the technical and internal affairs of the dairy, “my role was only in marketing, external affairs and handling politicians, bureaucrats and other establishment people,” the ever-frank Kurien admitted at the time. In Anand, it was said that if Patel was the Father of Amul, Kurien was the Son, and Dalaya the Holy Ghost.}}</ref>.. This city hosts the Head Office of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF which is parent organisation for AMUL & co-operative operations to collect milk), [[National Dairy Development Board|NDDB]] of India, well known business school - [[Institute of Rural Management Anand|Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)]], Vidya Dairy and the [[Anand Agricultural University]]. Another famous educational hub is Vallabh Vidhyanagar, an educational suburb of Anand which has institutes like BVM (Birla Vishvkarma Mahavidhyalaya), which is first engineering college of Gujarat, GCET (G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology) and Sardar Patel University is home for around 50,000 students from all over India.

Anand lies between [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Vadodara]] on the Western Railways, {{cvt|101|km}} from the state capital Gandhinagar. It is a [[Anand Railway Station|railway Junction]] and a broad gauge line from here runs to [[Godhra]], covering [[Dakor]], a major Hindu pilgrimage en route. MEMUs and one or two regular passenger trains ply on this route. It also has a branch line to [[Khambhat]]. DMUs [[Diesel Multiple Units]] ply on this route as it is not electrified yet. Anand Railway Station has 5 platforms, numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 are on the main line and number 5 is on the branch line to Godhra. A new platform is in construction on the branch to Ahmedabad from the Godhra line forming a triangle. The [[Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway]] from [[Ahmedabad]] to [[Vadodara]] also passes through Anand.

== Geography ==
Anand is located at {{Coord|22.57|N|72.93|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/9/Anand.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Anand]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{cvt|39|metre}}. The city has an area of {{cvt|47.89|sqkm}}.

== Demographics ==
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|85.95}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|11.99}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|cream|1.42}}
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{{bar percent|[[Sikh]]|yellow|0.07}}
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{{As of|2011||df=}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=580361|title=Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|work=Census of India|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> Anand had a population of 634,987. Males constitute 51.77% of the population and females 48.23%. Anand has an average literacy rate of 78.45%, higher than the national average of 59.5% (55% of the males and 45% of females literate). 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Average literacy rate of Anand in 2011 were 84.37 compared to 74.51 of 2001. Gender wise, male and female literacy were 91.82 and 76.36 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 86.09 and 61.94 in [[Anand District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/196-anand.html</ref>

== Economy ==
[[File:Anand Junction.jpg|thumb|Anand Junction]]
Economy of the Anand is very vibrant which ranges from farming to big scale industries. Major crops includes Tobacco and Banana.  Anand is home to the famous [[Amul]] Dairy,<ref>[http://www.amul.com www.amul.com]</ref> Vidya Dairy,<ref>[http://www.vidyadairy.in www.vidyadairy.in]</ref> Amul Chocolate Plant, Mogar and Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation. Anand is home to famous educational institute named [[Institute of Rural Management Anand]]. IRMA is a pioneering institution in rural management education and research.<ref>[https://www.irma.ac.in/]</ref> Vitthal Udhyog Nagar, a very big industrial belt is located on the outskirts of the city. Many famous industries including Elecon Engineering, Vulcan Industrial Engineering Co. Ltd, Warm Steam, The Charotar Iron Factory (est.1938), Milcent, Atlanta Electrics, Worldwide Overseas Travels and [https://aliansoftware.com/ Alian Software] are situated in this industrial belt. Also there are three vegetable markets which have developed in this city. The well known Shri Krishna Hospital, Karamsad is located near Anand.

== Notable people ==
*[[H M Patel]], Former Finance Minister of India
*[[Verghese Kurien]], the man who made the milk revolution possible
*[[Axar Patel]], Indian limited overs cricketer
*[[Harish Dave]], Gujarati Poet
*Sardar [[Vallabhbhai Patel]], Freedom fighter, First home minister of India

== References ==
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* District Collectorate Website: https://anand.nic.in/
* City Municipality Website: https://www.anandnagarpalika.com/
* Anand District Panchayat Website: https://ananddp.gujarat.gov.in/gu/Home

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