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Rajpur Gomtipur, Ahmedabad — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Rajpur Gomtipur is a mill-era quarter of eastern Ahmedabad, shaped by textile chawls and set beside the Kankaria Lake gardens.
About Rajpur Gomtipur
Where to stay in Rajpur Gomtipur
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This is a working quarter, not a hotel one. Rajpur Gomtipur offers almost no rooms of its own. Most visitors sleep across central Ahmedabad and cross into Rajpur Gomtipur by day, drawn by the Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden and the promenade that rings Kankaria Lake.
The mill lanes of Gomtipur hold homes and workshops rather than lodgings, so the wider city keeps the rooms. Stay near the lake for the shortest walk to the water.
About Rajpur Gomtipur
What are the main landmarks in Rajpur Gomtipur?
The zoo is the anchor. The Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden spreads along the outer rim of Kankaria Lake, a wildlife park laid out in 1951 within reach of Rajpur Gomtipur. Its enclosures hold mammals, birds, and reptiles gathered for a breeding programme that works to keep endangered species from vanishing.
Around the water runs a broad walking circuit that draws families from across Ahmedabad. Come at dusk for the lake.
What is the history of Rajpur Gomtipur?
The mills came first. Ahmedabad opened its first cotton mill in 1861, and within a generation the factories had spread in a belt east of the walled city, pulling Gomtipur into the labour of spinning and weaving. Worker chawls rose to house the families who tended the looms, giving Rajpur Gomtipur the dense, close-packed grain it still carries.
When the Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden was laid out in 1951, the quarter gained a green edge along Kankaria Lake. The looms defined it.
Where is Rajpur Gomtipur?
Rajpur Gomtipur lies east of Ahmedabad's walled city in Gujarat, a low, flat quarter of mill lanes bounded on its southern side by the wide water of Kankaria Lake.
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Updated July 2026