Mira Road
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mira Road (मीरा रोड) | |||
|
|
|||
| Country |  India |
||
| State | Maharashtra | ||
| District(s) | Thane Mumbai Suburban |
||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) | ||
|
Codes
|
|||
Coordinates: 19°28′N 72°48′E / 19.47°N 72.8°E Mira Road (Marathi: मीरा रोड) is a suburb in Mumbai located north to the city of Mumbai, India. It is the part of the city Mira-Bhayandar and Thane district. However it is also considered under Mumbai. Mira Road is a railway station on the Western railway line of the Mumbai suburban railway.
Contents |
[edit] Geography
Mira Road is situated on the island of Salcette. A marshy creek divides Mira Road from Mumbai.
Mira Road is divided mainly into two parts: Mira Road (East) and Mira Road (West); separated by the Western Railway line.
Earlier, Mira Road (East) was divided into three main parts, Shanti Nagar, Shrishti Complex and Naya Nagar. In recent times, several new localities like Sanghavi Nagar, Hatkesh, Silver Park, Pleasant Park, Geeta Nagar, RNA Courtyard, Golden Nest, Jangid, Beverly Park, Evershine Enclave, Shanti Gardens and Poonam Sagar, Poonam Garden, Poonam Vihar Complex have come up.
Although it is officially not under the BMC, it enjoys all the facilities available in Mumbai like 24 hour power supply from Reliance, telephone services from MTNL, piped gas from Mahanagar Gas, and bus services from BEST. State Transport and Thane Municipal Transport buses run between Mira Road and Thane. Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation has started its own bus service under the title of Mira Bhayandar Municipal Transport.
Mira Road is one of the fastest growing areas in Mumbai. Thakur Mall, Cine Max, Rassaz Mall, Reliance Fresh, Big Bazaar, Asmita supermarket, Spinach, Vijay Sales and various other shopping outlets are present at this place. Maxus Mall has a six screen theater along with the Big Bazaar outlet. This is the biggest mall in Mira-Bhayandar.
[edit] History
When Mumbai's real estate prices began escalating around 25 years ago, the middle-class started moving to suburbs like Virar, Nalasopara and Vasai but Mira Road, which is located near these suburbs, was, at the time, primarily an agricultural area. In addition, being part of a Gram Panchayat, it did not really spur builders to consider large-scale development in the area. As a result, no one moved into Mira Road but within a few years a corporation was established and townships began developing which acted as a stimuli for progress.
By 1980, builders had started buying agricultural land and developing townships. With the Mira Road- Bhayandar Municipal Corporation lending a helping hand to provide basic facilities, the Mira Road population began growing and has gradually increased over the last ten years. The suburb is very close to the city and despite being situated in Thane District, it enjoys all the facilities provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) including power from BSES, telecom facilities from MTNL and transportation from BEST. There is also a better connectivity to Western Express highway, an important road in Mumbai. These factors have been instrumental in people choosing to live in Mira Road.
Mira Road has fast developed into an important residential locality due to its proximity to Mumbai and good civic amenities.
[edit] Malls and Entertainment
- Thakur Mall
- Cine Max
- Rasazz Mall
[edit] Educational Institutes
- Holy Cross Convent School
- Shanti Nagar High School
- Royal College
- Asmita College of Architecture
- N.L.Dalmia High school
- St. Xavier's High school
- R.B.K. School
- Vedanta International High school & Junior college of Science & Commerce, Savaliya park, Nr. Gcc Club
[edit] Places of Worship
- Sri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sector 10, Shanti Nagar
- ISKCON temple, Sri Radha-Giridhari Mandir, Shristi
- Saint Joseph's Church (Krista Shanti Dham), Sheetal Nagar
- Shri Sai Baba Mandir, Silver Park
- Ganesh Mandir, Sheetal Nagar
- Jain Mandir, Shanti Nagar
- Sri Guru Nanak Darbar, Shanti Nagar
- Aziziya Masjid, Naya Nagar
[edit] References
- Mira-Road.com - Know your Town Better
- Mira Road Yellowpages - your local search engine
- Times of India story about Mira Road
- Times of India story about planned tramway
| Mira Road | |||
| Next station south: Dahisar |
Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway | Next station north: Bhayandar |
|
| Stop No: 23 | KM from starting: 39.76 | ||
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
