Bhiwandi

Bhiwandi-Nizampur
State :	India
State :	Maharashtra
District :	Thane
Location :	19 ° 18 ′ N , 73 ° 4 ′ E Coordinates: 19 ° 18 ′ N , 73 ° 4 ′ E
Height :	14 m
Inhabitants : ; - Agglomeration :	711,329 (2011); 737,411 (2011)
Website :	bncmc.gov.in

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Bhiwandi ( Marathi भिवंडी, Bhivaṇḍī, Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation ) is a city in the Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra .

It has about 710,000 inhabitants (2011 census).

Bhiwandi is located 50 kilometers northeast of Mumbai on National Highway 3 (Mumbai- Agra ). Together with the cities of Navi Mumbai , Thane , Kalyan , Ulhasnagar , Dombivli , Mira-Bhayandar and Vasai-Virar , it forms the agglomeration of the greater Mumbai area. The average height above sea level is 24 meters.

The city has developed from a small town with a Marathic and Concan Muslim population since the 1930s to the center of the textile industry in Maharashtra. It has the largest number of looms in the country.

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 154 kB)

[2] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 141 kB)