District Profile

District Profile

District at a glance
History
Geography
Demography

Declared as Independent District w.e.f. 1st October, 1990, as a consequent of the bifurcation of the Greater Mumbai into two revenue districts namely, Mumbai City & Mumbai Suburban. Prior to this, Mumbai Suburban was the part of Mumbai City District.
Population wise, one of the largest district in the country. The current population is 93.56 Lakhs.
Area wise, it is the second smallest district in Maharashtra State. It's geographical area is 369 Sq Kms.
The District Headquarters is located in Bandra(E).
Administratively it comes under Konkan Division.
Mumbai Suburban District has 3 Talukas/Tahsils namely, Andheri, Borivali and Kurla . It has 87 villages.
The jurisdiction of Mumbai Suburban District is from Bandra to Dahisar, from Kurla (Chuna Bhatti) to Mulund and from Kurla and upto Trombay Creek.
This District has 4 Parliamentary Constituencies and 26 Assembly Constituencies.
Many important places have adorned the beauty of this district like Mount Marry Church, Kanheri Caves, Jogeshwari Caves, Fantasy Land, Essel world, Water Kingdom, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey Colony, Film city, Santacruz Airport, Sahar International Airport, Tulsi Lake, Vihar Lake, Powai Lake, Mithi River, Dahisar River, Poiser & Oshiwara River, INS Hamla, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers, Hindustan & Bharat Perolium Refineries.
Mithi River : Mithi River originates in the Vihar Lake area, flows southwards and through the Bandra-Kurla Complex, and finally meets Arabian Sea at Mahim bay. For a large part of its southern course is influenced by tidal action. It has a total aerial length of 13.5 km and catchments area of 7295 hectares that covers parts of eastern and western suburbs. A 3.5 km stretch passes through the Bandra-Kurla Complex which is planned and developed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

History

In the year 1734 Mumbai & its nearby area was under the control of Portuguese. Thereafter Mumbai Island (Bombay Island) was gifted to the Queen of England in the year about 1760-61. The Vashi creek is situated on the North side and Mahim Causeway is lying on the South side. On the western side, there is Arabian sea and on the eastern side, the boundary of Thane District. This administrative unit forms the limits of Bombay suburban District known as Salesette and was the part of Goa which was under the control of Portuguese up to 1771-72, the Britishers took over control of the region of this area.
In 1871, the Thane district was carved out of the east side of Konkan and Portion of Bombay Island then known as Taluka South Salesette, Northern Division. In the year 1970, 50 villages from Taluka Salesette were withdrawn and independent Bandra Mahal was created.
In the year 1920, the Salesette Taluka was divided into two parts known as South Salesette Taluka and North Salesette Taluka. Basically Salesette Taluka consisted of 84 villages which were situated from Bandra to Dahisar and Kurla to Mulund. Thereafter, in year 1920, the Mumbai Suburban District was created consisting of 84 villages of South Salesette Taluka and North Salesette Taluka. At that time, some villages were withdrawn from Thane district and included in Mumbai Suburban District & South Salesette Taluka was divided into three talukas viz Andheri, Borivali & Kurla..
Hectares of land have been reclaimed from shallow creeks & marshy lands. The agricultural activities have been disappeared & Multistoried/Structures have taken place and some portion of land have been occupied by unauthorized Slum/Zopadpatti.

Geographical Area		Geographical Location		District Boundaries
Total Area	386.56 sq km	North Longitude	72 to 51.01 degree	East	West	South	North
Area under Forestry	44.43 sq km	East Longitude	19 to 3.41 degree	Thane Creek from Mulund to Trombay, Vikroli, Ghatkoper	Arabian sea from Gorai Manori to Andheri & Bandra having beaches of Madh, Juhu	Mahul, Mahim Creek of Mumbai City District	National Park and thane creek

Sr.No.	Taluka	Total Area (sq km)	Area Under Forestry (sq km)	Distance in km from		Total No of Revenue Circles	Total No of Villages	Taluka Boundaries
				District HQ	PC HQ			East	West	South	North
1	Andheri	72.17	0	12	1.5 to 3.5	3	25	Boundary of Kurla Tahsil from Tungwa, Saki, Mohili, Kurla	Arabian Sea from Bandra to Madh	Mahim Creek and Mumbai City District	Boundary of Borivali Taluka Villages Erangal, Daravali, Goregaon, Aarey & Kurla Taluka Saki Vihar and Kurla
2	Borivali	179.39	42.97	22	0.5 to 7	3	33	National Park Boundary of Kurla Taluka	Arabian sea from Gorai to Madh	Village of Madh, Versova, Jogeshwari	Last Suburb Dahisar and next to it Thane District
3	Kurla	135.00	1.46	24	1 to 11	2	29	Thane Creek from Mulund to Trombay	Boundary Sanjay Gandhi National Park	Arabian Sea of Mahul, Sion i.e. Mumbai City	Saki Vihar, Gundgaon, Tulsi Village of Borivali & Thane District
	Total	386.56	44.43			8	87

Demography

Population of Mumbai Suburban District as per 2011 census is 93,56,962.
Male Population : 50,31,323.
Female Population : 43,25,639.
Population Density : 25,357 per sq. km.