Mumbra () is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

of Thane district in Western India in the state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

, Mumbai extension and within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region area. It is administered by Thane Municipal Corporation. Mumbra is mostly famous for its Bombay slang and the street foods.

History

Mumbra was a flourishing shipbuilding center in early times. Much of the land around Mumbra was agricultural land until 1975. Between 1968 and 1975, Mumbai experienced significant population growth and greater population density. Then, about 1975, Mumbra's agricultural land was urbanized. This signaled an expansion of the greater Mumbai area, which realized significant population growth in the 1980s. Wafa Hill's "A, B, C" was one of the first planned Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) approved buildings developed in the 1990s. Which lead the foundation for urbanization in Mumbra. In 1991 there were about 44,000 people. After the riots of 1992 many

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

s fled Mumbai and settled in Mumbra; 10 Sq mile land was allotted by state Government under custody of state waqf board for resettlement of fled Muslims of different part of Mumbai. It is India's largest Muslim locality. On 4 April 2013, a building collapsed in the Shil Phata area 5 km south of Mumbra, killing 74 people.

Demographics

The population of Mumbra is 900,000 in the Thane urban agglomeration. About 85% of Mumbra's residents are Muslim. The second majority population is of Buddhists.

Transport

Bus service is available through the

Thane Municipal Transport The Thane Municipal Corporation Transport Service, operating under the name "Thane Municipal Transport (T.M.T.)" is the transport wing of Thane Municipal Corporation, which operates many bus lines in the Thane metropolitan area. These buses are ...

(TMT) and Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT). Rail service is available at the Mumbra railway station on Central line, also called as mainline. Mumbra is from the

Mumbai airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is an international airport serving Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). It is the second busiest airport in the country in terms of total and international passenger traffic af ...

. The main source of Transport in Mumbra is Auto-Rickshaw. Mumbra didn't have any bus starting from Mumbra railway station and hence Auto-Rickshaws was the only possible conveyance. But now, TMT

runs bus service starting from Mumbra Railway Station to Bharat gears company. State transport ( MSRTC) operate regular bus service between Panvel, Bhiwandi, and

Shil Phata Shil Phata or Shilphata is an area about south of Mumbra, in the Thane city of Maharashtra under Thane Municipal Corporation, India. Shil Phata is located east of Parsik Hills on the old Mumbai-Pune Road ( National Highway 4). It's a juncti ...

Gallery

Mumbra is known for its green lavish mountains and waterfalls enhancing the beauty of the city. File:Mumbra the green side.jpg, The Green Side File:Kausa Talao Mumbra.jpg, Kausa Talao at Mumbra File:Mumbrasunset2.jpg, The peak that stands uniquely tall File:Amrut Nagar.jpg, Amrut Nagar at Night File:Ship Building Yard.jpg, Ship Building Yard File:Mumbra sunset.jpg, Mumbra sunset File:Mumbrasunset.JPG, Mumbra sunset

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{{authority control Cities and towns in Thane district Suburbs of Mumbai