Mira Road is one of the suburbs in the city of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India

India

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. It is located to the north of Mumbai, on the western line of Mumbai Suburban Railway

Mumbai Suburban Railway

The Mumbai Suburban Railway system, part of the public transport system of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways' two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. The system carries more than 6.99 million commuters on a daily basis. It has the highest passenger densities of any...

 and is governed by the Mira-Bhayandar

Mira-Bhayandar

Mira-Bhayander is a suburb of Mumbai city, located to The North of Mumbai administered by Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation .-History:...

 Municipal Corporation (MBMC).

Geography

Mira Road is situated on the island of Salcette. To its north is the Vasai creek

Vasai Creek

Vasai Creek is an estuarine creek, one of the two main distributaries of the Ulhas River in Maharashtra state of western India. The Ulhas splits at the northeast corner of Salsette Island into its two main distributaries, Vasai Creek and Thane Creek...

; to the south lies the city of Mumbai. The Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Sanjay Gandhi National Park , previously Borivali National Park, is a large protected area in the northern part of suburban Mumbai city in Maharashtra State in India...

 is to its east and the coast of Uttan to the West.

Mira Road is located north west of Mumbai, just north of Dahisar. By road it is connected to Mumbai by the Western Express Highway and to Thane by Ghodbunder Road. The Western Express Highway, as termed in Mumbai leaves the city as the NH 8 (National Highway) linking Mumbai with the west and north west of India. Important cities covered on the NH 8 are Vapi (for Daman & Silvassa), Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur and Delhi. On the NH 8, just beyond the Ghodbundar area is the Virar-Vasai Area. The Ghodbunder Road Highway has a direct access to Mira Road from thane NH4.

Kashimira is a point falling between Dahisar Check Naka and Ghodbunder, from which a main road connects that leads to Mira Road, Bhayandar & the coastal areas of Uttan, Gorai, Manori & the famed Amusement Parks - Esselworld & Water Kingdom.

Residential complexes

Mira Road is divided into two parts by the Mumbai suburban rail line - East and West. Mira Road (East) consisted of three main parts, Shanti Nagar, Shrishti Complex and Naya Nagar. Ganga Complex is located in Naya Nagar.

Along with the above three Poonam Sagar Complex is also Highly developed area. First comes Shanti Nagar then comes Shrishti and Poonam Sagar Complex which is very well developed in developed.

Shantinagar is the largest colony in Mira Road consisting of 800 buildings. This colony is divided into 11 sectors. Sector 2, 3, 1 & 4 have developed into a shopping hub with many outlets selling ready made garments, shoes, electronic goods, jewellery etc. Shanti Nagar has a school by the name Shanti Nagar High school for the residents of Shanti Nagar which is located in sector 2.

Mc Donald's in Beverly Park, Mira Road and Casadella in Poonam Sagar Complex,Mira Road are well known Restaurant's in Mira Road East.

In years to come Beverly park area has developed and now comprises of an 16 floor tower "Antariksh" and Under construction towers by Geeta builders "Geeta Heights" adds boom to the area. Many new constructions on the way.

Infrastructure

The town enjoys a supply of electricity from Reliance Energy

Reliance Energy

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 and now days people have option of TATA Energy as well, telephone services from MTNL, piped gas from Mahanagar Gas, and bus services by BEST, TMT, NMMT, ST & MBMT.

Buses regularly ply from Mira Road to Thane, Santa cruz, Sion, Mumbra, Dindoshi, Kandivali station (e), express buses from Mira Road run up to Mahim, Rani Laxmibai Chowk and Mulund Depot. AC buses also run up to the Nehru Planetarium

Nehru Planetarium

There are five planetariums in India named after India's first Prime Minister, [Jawaharlal Nehru]. Nehru Plantariums are located in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore and there is a Jawahar Planetarium in Allahabad. Nehru Planetarium in Pune was the first one in Asia, established in 1954...

 (Worli) via the Bandra-Worli sea link and up to Santa cruz. TMT travels to Thane;ST runs up to Thane & Bhiwandi, NMMT till Vashi while MBMT aims at reducing the overhead on BEST for diffusing local traffic towards Borivali.

Mira Road is a rapidly developing town. Malls and super markets have populated the town and its vicinity in the decade 2000-2010. Mira Road also houses a commercial and residential complex 'Orchid Ozone' located on the Western Express Highway

Western Express Highway

The Western Express Highway is a major north-south 8-10 lane arterial road in Mumbai, India, stretching from the suburb of Bandra to Dahisar. The highway begins near the Mahim Creek and extends to the Mira-Dahisar toll booth in the northern limit of the city. Beyond the city limits, it continues...

. A realty project Lodha Aqua is Located in Mira Road near Dahisar Check Naka and realty groups like Ackruti City, Kalpataru-Dynamix, RNA Corp, D.B Realty, Jangid Group, Space Realty, Rashmi, Kanakia's etc. are bringing various projects. Vardhman Group of Companies

Vardhman Group of Companies

Vardhman Group is a textile group based in in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Vardhman Group was established in 1965 by Lala Rattan Chand Oswal. The group is engaged in manufacturing and trading in Yarn, Greige and Processed Fabric, Sewing Thread, Acrylic fibre and Alloy steel. Vardhman group was...

 has launched a theme park by the name 'Vardhman Fantasy' in Mira Road.

History

When Mumbai's real estate

Real estate

In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

 prices began escalating during 1970s, the middle-class started moving to suburbs like Virar

Virar

Virar is a name of a suburb of Northern Mumbai. Virar is a city and a part of Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra....

 and Vasai. In this time Mira Road was mainly an agricultural area. In addition, being part of a Gram Panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

, it did not really spur builders to consider large-scale development in the area. As a result, no one moved into Mira Road, within a few years however, a corporation was established and township

Township

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s began developing which acted as a stimuls for progress.

By 1980, builders had started buying agricultural land and developing townships. With the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation lending a helping hand to provide basic facilities, the population and has increased substantially over in the decade 2000-2010. The town is in close proximity to the Western Express Highway. These factors have been instrumental in the town's development into an important residential area.

Population and Demographics

According to the census of 2006, Mira-Bhayandar had a population of 7.28 Lakhs. The 2001 census says that males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Mira-Bhayandar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 64.84%. Literacy among males is 81%, and among the female population it is 74%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Educational institutes

Pre-Primary:

• KITE School (Kids' Innovative Threshold Education) Poonam Sagar Complex
• Eurokids, Shanti Park
• Kidzee, Poonam Sagar Complex
• Blossoms, Eden Rose, Beverly Park

High schools :

• Our Lady Of Nazareth High School & Jr.College
• Shanti Nagar High School
• Seven Square Academy, Mira-Bhayandar X Road
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vidyalaya
• Don Bosco High School, Shanti Park
• Holy Cross Convent School
• Holy Family Day School
• AVM
• N.L.Dalmia High School
• St.Xavier's High School
• R.B.K. School
• Royal's H.A. Girls High School
• Vedanta International High school & Junior college of Science & Commerce
• St.Paul's High School, Nityanand Nagar
• St.Mary's High School, Miragaon, Mira Road.
• N.H English Academy, Naya Nagar
• St.Joseph High School, Shanti park
• Gracious High School, Poonam Sagar Complex
• St Harris, Naya Nagar
• Don Bosco High School, Silver Park
• St. Andrews Convent English High School, Sai-Baba nagar
• Banegar High School
• Anjuman Mufidul Yatama
• The don bosco high school. Pleasant park

Colleges:

• Royal College of Arts, Science & Commerce
  Royal College of Science, Arts and Commerce
  Royal College of Arts, Science, Commerce and Management, popularly known as Royal College, is a college located in Mira Road, Thane, Maharashtra and is affiliated to University of Mumbai. It is the only major higher education institute in Mira-Bhayandar. N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management...
  
  
• N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research
• Asmita College of Architecture
• Gurukul College
• Shree L.R.Tiwari College of Engineering
• Shri L.P.Raval College of Science and Commerce

Malls and Supermarkets

• Thakur Mall (with Fame Cinema, Globus, Star Bazar, Croma)
• Cine Max
• Rassaz Mall and Multiplex
• Reliance Fresh
  Reliance Fresh
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• Big Bazaar
  Big Bazaar
  Big Bazaar is a chain of hypermarket in India. Currently, there are 210 stores across 80 cities and towns in India. Big Bazaar is designed as an agglomeration of bazaars or Indian markets with clusters offering a wide range of merchandise including fashion and apparels, food products, general...
  
  
• Asmita Supermarket
• Spinach
• Vijay Sales
• D-Mart
• More
• Next
• Maxus Mall & Multiplex (Bhayander West)
• Designo (Godrej Furniture)
• Reebok
• Croma [Bhayander west]

Worship

Small Ganesh idols are immersed at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi at Shivar garden. Hare Ramah Hare Krishna temple of the Isckon group, in Shristi has large number of devotees visiting this place which also includes devotees of foreign countries. This is a prominent landmark of the area and the temple also organizes many religious and cultural programs. The Saint Joseph's Church aka Krista Shanti Dham stands as the largest parish in the archdiocese of Mumbai with more than 22,000 catholics. Jangid Temple is dedicated to Maa Durga, Shri Sai Baba and other deities. It is among largest Hindu Temple of Mira Road. There is also Shri Sai Baba Mandir near Silver Park,Ganesh Mandir in Sheetal Nagar, Sri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sector 10, Shanti Nagar, Jain Mandir and Gurudwara, Sri Guru Nanak Darbar, in shanti nagar. Masjids (mosque) in Naya nagar.