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Dahisar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪əɦisəɾ]) is the northernmost suburb (and railway station) of Mumbai.Not to be confused with Dahisar Mori in Navi Mumbai. On the Mumbai Suburban Railway (which is part of the Indian Western Railway line), that runs from Churchgate to Virar, Dahisar is immediately north and next to the populous suburb of Borivali, which has a train station of the same name.
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 ...
Dahisar constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. [1]Dahisar is part of the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Borivali, Magathane, Kandivali East, Charkop and Malad West in the Mumbai Suburban district.
Before delimitation, Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency comprises Dahisar, Magathane, Borivali, Kandivali, Malad and Goregaon Vidhan Sabha constituencies. [2]At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, this constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments.
It sits on Salsette Island, partially shared with the Thane district. [5] Mumbai is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west. [6] Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located partly in the Mumbai suburban district, and partly in the Thane district, and it extends over an area of 103.09 km 2 (39.80 sq mi). [7]
The Western Express Highway (WEH) connects Bhayander-Mira Road-Dahisar-Borivali belt, the northernmost suburb of the Western Suburbs, to Vile Parle-Bandra belt and then Worli and South Mumbai via the Bandra–Worli Sea Link. WEH runs parallel to the Western Line, which is on its western side. [citation needed]
The table below lists all the talukas (tahsils/tehsils) of all the thirty-six districts in the Indian state of Maharashtra, along with district-subdivision and urban status information of headquarters villages/towns, as all talukas are intermediate level panchayats between the zilla parishad (district councils) at the district level and gram panchayats (village councils) at the lower level.
Kandivali East constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. [1]Kandivali East is part of the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Borivali, Magathane, Dahisar, Charkop and Malad West in the Mumbai Suburban district.