Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation

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Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation is a civic body formed after dissolution of "BNMC" (Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Council) into Corporation by an act of Government Of Maharashtra in 2002 to administer the industrial township of Bhiwandi, which is a city in Thane District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

The combined population of Bhiwandi-Nizampur and Bhiwandi was 711,329 as of the 2011 Census. The total population is estimated at around 1,500,000 unofficially. It is an industrial and human habitat city. It is well connected through railways and roadways.

It is 47 km away from Mumbai, 17 km from Thane and 15 km from Kalyan. It is a textile city and known as the "Manchester of India".

It has around 15 colleges in and around the city limits amongst those the best colleges are G. M. Momin Women's College and BNN College.

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