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Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.
The following is a list of the most populous cities in Maharashtra state of India as per the 2011 census. There are 43 cities in Maharashtra which have a population over 100,000. There are 43 cities in Maharashtra which have a population over 100,000.
The islands of Mumbai in an 1893 map, before Salsette, Trombay, and Dharavi were merged with Mumbai Island to form Greater Mumbai Mumbai skyline as seen from Marine Drive. Mumbai (Bombay) is India's most populous city with a population of 20 Million. It is located on Salsette Island off the coast of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra: 484.61 km 2: Pune Municipal Corporation [7] 9 Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh: 463 km 2: Bhopal Municipal Corporation [8] 10 Surat: Gujarat: 461.60 km 2: Surat Municipal Corporation [9] 11 Meerut: Uttar Pradesh: 450 km 2: Meerut Municipal Corporation: 12 Mumbai: Maharashtra: 437.71 km 2 [10] Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [11] 13 ...
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), [4] or Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. Salman Khan Is Now Brand Ambassador of BMC from 2016. [5] The BMC is India's richest municipal corporation. [6] [7] Its annual budget exceeds that of some of India's smaller ...
Maharashtra, and particularly the city of Mumbai, is home to two tiny religious communities. This includes 5000 Jews, mainly belonging to the Bene Israel, and Baghdadi Jewish communities. [140] Parsi is the other community who follow Zoroastrianism. The 2011 census recorded around 44,000 parsis in Maharashtra. [141]
The district along with Mumbai City district and other suburban localities make up Greater Mumbai. The district occupies an area of 446 km 2. [3] This is the second smallest district of Maharashtra, and the jurisdiction of Mumbai Suburban district extends from Bandra to Dahisar, from Kurla to Mulund, and from Kurla up to Trombay creek. The ...