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The Link Road and Metro through Mahavir Nagar connects to the business hub of Mindspace Malad, Infinity mall, Inorbit mall and Laxmi Industrial Estate, Andheri. This area is well connected to the major areas of north, western and southern Mumbai through the Western railway line , SV Road , New Link Road , and the Western Express Highway .
The western part of Mumbai Suburban district (to the west of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) is called the Western Suburbs and the eastern part of the district is called the Eastern Suburbs. The northernmost portion of the island, which is outside of the Mumbai city limits, lies in Thane District.
In the 16th century, Malad consisted of a number of villages including Orlem (also known as Valnai), Kharodi, Rathodi, Malwani, Marve, Aksa, Madh and Chincholi. The other old settlements in Malad were villages occupied by the local SKP community, East Indian Community, Bhandaris and Kolis - who are recognized as the original native inhabitants of Mumbai, these communities are still living in ...
The area is a rural area inhabited primarily by Kolis, Marathi, Bombay East Indians, Roman Catholics in Madh village as well as by people from other communities. The area is home to a significant Muslim community, alongside a large number of migrants from various Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh, who work as laborers in the fishing industry.
Malad West constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. [ 1 ] Malad West is part of the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Borivali , Magathane , Dahisar , Kandivali East and Charkop in the Mumbai Suburban district .
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of bicameral state legislature of the Maharashtra state in India.Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. The number of constituencies of the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Maharashtra state legislature in 1960 was 264. 33 constituencies were reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled ...
The area around Western Urban Road between Malad and Kandivali had numerous stone quarries and was once famous for Malad Stone. Many heritage buildings in Mumbai were constructed with Malad stone between 1860 and 1930, most notable among them are David Sassoon library, Bombay House and the Western Railway building at Churchgate.
Santacruz and its neighbouring suburb Khar fall under the H East and H West wards of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The locality had a population of 675,951 in 1991, over an area of 12.98 square kilometers, giving it a population density of 36,668 persons per square kilometer.