Vallabh Vidhyanagar is a popular educational suburb of Anand. Anand is situated in the middle of Ahmedabad and Vadodara city.
A National Express Highway that runs from Ahmedabad to Vadodara connects the city Anand. Anand is a rapidly growing city and has a Municipal Corporation of its own.
According to the census 2001, the population of Anand is 130,462. Among the total population 52 % are males and 48% are females. There is a high literacy rate in the Anand city. The literacy rate of male is 55% and 45% of females are literate.
Anand has some of the renowned educational institutions of India. The educational institutes are as follows:
* Anand Agricultural University
* Veterenary College
* Institute of Rural Management
* SMC College of Dairy Science
* B A College of Agriculture
* GH Patel MCA Institute
* Sardar Patel University
* Anandalaya Education Society
* Anand Commerce College
* AD Institute of Technology
* Anand homeopathic college
* Nalini Arvind Arts College
* Karamsad Medical College
* Anand Homeopathy college
* Rajratna P T Patel Science College
* Nirmal Niketan
* Kendriya Vidyalaya
* St. Xavier's High School
* Dadabhai Navaroji High School
* Akshar Purshottam Chaatralaya
The Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) is a renowned management institution in Anand. It is an autonomous institution founded in 1979. IRMA of Anand was established in joint collaboration of the National Dairy Development Board and the support of Government of India, Government of Gujarat and Swiss Development Co-operation.
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Gujarat-districts
ahmedabad amreli anand
banaskanta bharuch bhavnagar
dahod gandhinagar jamnagar
junagadh kachchh kheda
mahesana narmada navsari
palanpur panchmahal patan
porbandar rajkot sabarkantha
surat surendranagar thedang
vadodara valsad
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