Mira-Bhayandar
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State : | India | |
State : | Maharashtra | |
District : | Thane | |
Location : | 19 ° 17 ′ N , 72 ° 51 ′ E | |
Residents : | 814,655 (2011) |
Mira-Bhayandar ( Marathi मीरा भयंदर, Mīrā Bhayandar) is a city in the Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra .
geography
Mira-Bhayandar is 40 kilometers north of Mumbai on the NH 8 highway . The area is on Salsette Island on Vasai Creek , an estuary of the Ulhas River . Together with the cities of Navi Mumbai , Thane , Kalyan-Dombivli , Ulhasnagar , Bhiwandi and Vasai-Virar , it forms the agglomeration of the greater Mumbai area.
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park is located southeast of the city .
population
In 2001 the city had 520,388 inhabitants (2001 census). In 2011, 814,655 inhabitants were counted (2011 census). About 53% of the population are male.
Web links
Commons : Mira-Bhayandar - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census of India 2011. (PDF; 154 kB)
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order) ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )