Mira-Bhayandar is a city and municipal corporation in

Thane district Thane district (Pronunciation: �ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, ...

in the state of Maharashtra,

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located in the northern part of

Salsette Island Salsette Island is an island in Konkan division of the state of Maharashtra on India's west coast. Administratively known as Greater Mumbai, the city district of Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, Mira Bhayander and a portion of Thane lie wit ...

before the Vasai Creek, and shares a border with North Mumbai. Mira-Bhayandar is administered by

Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation The Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Mira-Bhayandar in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It consists of democratically elected members, headed by a mayor who administers the city's infrastructure, public ...

(MBMC), with a population at the 2011 Census of 814,655. Mira-Bhayandar is a part of

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Mumbai Metropolitan Region (abbreviated to MMR and previously also as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai (Bombay) and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division, of the Maharashtra state in we ...

(MMR).

History

The Mira-Bhayandar Municipal council was formed on 12 June 1985 by incorporating all the village

Gram Panchayats Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

. Consequently, MBMC got an administrative officer and a

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to look after the affairs of the area. MBMC is currently run by the

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Demographics

The 2011 India

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recorded a population of 814,655 in Mira-Bhayandar. According to th
Indian Census data
the majority of the population are Hindus followed by Muslims and Christians. Economic growth is led by the manufacturing sector.

Bhayandar Bhayandar is a suburb outside the Mumbai located near the Vasai Creek. It has a large Gujarati and Marwari population as well other mixed populations as well. It falls under the North Central ward of the Municipal Corporation. Geography Bhaya ...

is divided into two parts by the

Mumbai suburban Mumbai Suburban district (Marathi: ''Mumbai Upanagar Jilhā'') is the second most populous district of Maharashtra in the Konkan Division. With its administrative headquarters in Bandra, the district consists of three subdivisions or tehsils ( ...

rail line - East and West.

Mira Road Mira Road (Marathi pronunciation: iɾaː is a suburb in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai which stretches from Bandra to Bhayander in Mumbai Metropolitan Region situated in the north-western portion of Salsette Island, Maharashtra state, India ...

has seen development only in the East part, while the West part, on the other side of the railway line is covered with

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and

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s. Mira Road East is a predominantly residential area. Its calm, quiet surroundings and low pollution make it a desirable residential oasis. Bhayandar West was traditionally residential, and the East predominantly an industrial area in the field of steel utensils manufacturing. Recent population growth and a flurry of construction has blurred the boundaries between Bhayandar and neighboring Mira Road on the East side of the rail tracks, turning it into a populous suburb. Government-owned Salt Pans and marshland in West Mira Road have restricted the southward spread of Bhayandar. There is a lot of scope for development of this land as it has the potential to house a large industrial complex. Mira-Bhayandar has three dominant languages with large Gujarati community residing in most of the suburbs of Northern Mumbai that stretches from Bhayander to Bandra , it is also shown in the linguistic demography of the suburb, while the official language Marathi is spoken by the natives of the land and migrants from other parts of Maharashtra, Hindi is the main language of communication and in trade and commerce in the suburban region of Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan region, is spoken by most of the North Indian Community as their native language.

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, the official language, is the mother tongue of 30.62% mostly in Uttan and Gorai area, while the dominant language,

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is mother tongue by 35.13% of the population.

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

by 24.90% as their mother tongue. Hindi is by far the major language spoken as the language of communication by all the people living in the suburbs and metropolitan area of Mumbai as their language of communication.

References

External links

Ancient History of ThaneMira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation official site
{{Maharashtra Cities in Maharashtra