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| Country | India | ||
| State | Gujarat | ||
| District(s) | Navsari | ||
| Nearest city | Surat | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Alipore (pronounced Aalipore) is a village near Chikhli, Bilimora in the state of Gujarat in western India. The village is on the Indian National Highway 8, which leads to areas such as Ahwa via Waghai and Vansda, and to the hill station of Saputara.
The population is mainly Muslim, with Hindus forming the majority of the rest. The main language spoken in Alipore is Gujarati, whilst English and Hindi can be understood by most.
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Alipore has some wonderful landmarks. There are at least five Mosques (for the Muslims), a Mandir (for the Hindus), a well equipped General Hospital, two Islamic learning centres i.e. Darul Uloom and a High School.ALIPORE SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST ALIPORE HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE serves biggest hospital for near by villages.
Vasudhara Dairy (Valsad District's Milk Producers Union Ltd) is a dairy cooperative in India, headquartered in Alipore, approx 3 km from Chikhli. It produces and markets milk and ghee (clarified butter) for the local market under the Amul brand name. Its current capacity is 4 lakh litres per day.
It has branches (ice creame manufacturing plants) at Nagpur and Boisar. Amul Ice Cream produced here is marketed to Mumbai and Maharashtra markets.
Alipore has good road system with access to a major highway in India.National Highway 8 Passes from Alipore There is a clean running supply of water to almost every household in the village. Public transport around the village is via buses and trains. There are also taxis and rickshaws to take one around the village. Bilimora is nearest railway station of western railway,and bilimora-Wahghai narrow rail passes through alipore and has small station called chikhli road.The main Bus station hub is in chikhli which is about 4 km south on National Highway 8
The nearest international airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (formerly Sahar International Airport) in Mumbai, Surat Airport (Gujarati: સુરત વિમાનમથક) is a nearest domestic airport (IATA: STV, ICAO: VASU), located in Magdala, near Surat in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.
There are also shopping malls and restaurants nearby.
The village of Alipore has traditionally obtained income from farming, producing rice as a main crop. There also farmed cotton, mangoes, daal and cattle etc.
There were some businessmen involved in the logging and timber industries.
Alipore was once well known for producing a handcrafted local cloth call Khadi. The demand for this type of cloth has in the more recent years withered, along with the skills.
The village has a few stone quarries supplying mine stone for construction and road works. Alipore has a dairy plant called Vasudhara Dairy. It collects milk from the surrounding villages to produce milk in cartons as well as other dairy products such as butter.
There was a religious person named Ali (Also known as Aalji) who migrated to this part of the world many centuries ago. His origin is not known but he is believed to be descendant from the prophet Muhammed (Sayyad). The land surrounding this village was barren and open and mostly uninhabited. He found lush green land here and decided to live on a high place. Gradually people began to gather at this place, which as yet had no name, to seek spiritual guidance.
Whenever people visited Ali's place they would say "Ali ne ta jawana" or "Ali wara gaam ma jaawana." The people of the surrounding villages spoke mostly Gujarati, hence they would say "Ali-por(gaam) jawaana".
As people surrounded the religious leader, the place where he had his small tent was converted into a prayer area and later became a mosque. That is how the present day Jumma Mosque came in to existence.
With an increasing population of Vohra moving to this part of the world, they began to build their houses near to the mosque. This migration formed a new settlement and they called their village Alipore.
Indian migration to other countries has occurred for several centuries. Indians are known to have migrated to South Africa as far back as over 150 years ago (i.e. from around 1860), entering on the eastern shores at Durban.
After the end of the first world war and during India's fight for independence. The people of Alipore, mainly young, looked for opportunities elsewhere. Some went to Mumbai to seek jobs, whilst others went to South Africa, working on the farms.
In the 1950s, during the economic boom in the UK some migrated to the UK to work in the mills. Since then their descendants have formed part of their newly adopted countries.