Andheri
Suburb in Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra, India
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Andheri ([ən̪d̪ʱeɾiː]) is a suburb situated in Western Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Andheri | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Andheri Location in Mumbai | |
| Coordinates: 19.119°N 72.847°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST GMT+530 |
| PIN | 400069 (Andheri East), 400059 (J B Nagar, Marol), 400093 (MIDC), 400053 (Azad Nagar), 400058 (Andheri West), 400072 (Sakinaka, Saki Vihar), 400096 (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), 400099
(Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Sahar), 400049 (Juhu), 400061 (Versova) |
| Area code | 022 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 02 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai North West |
History
The Prakritized form of the Sanskrit name "Andhaka-giri" is mentioned as a name of Andheri in the 15th-17th century Marathi-language text Mahikavatichi Bakhar.[1]
Government and politics
Administratively, Andheri is a village in the Andheri taluka of the Mumbai Suburban district.[2] It is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes under K/W ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), while Andheri (east) comes under the K/E ward of BMC.[3]
Economy
Transportation
Public transportation within Andheri is typically handled by BEST buses, metro and auto-rickshaws.
The Andheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city.[7] The expansion of the Mumbai Metro in the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is part of the government's master transportation plan.[8]
Mumbai Metro
Blue Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri (Andheri metro station)[9][10] connecting Versova in the west to Ghatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi).[11] It is fully elevated, and consists of 12 stations, nine of which are in Andheri. Work on the corridor began on 8 February 2008. A cable stay bridge over Western Express Highway and a Steel Bridge spanning the Western railway line were completed at the end of 2012.[12] The line opened for service on 8 June 2014.[13] Approximately 85 million passengers used the line in the first 11 months of service.[14]
Blue Line 1 provides intersected connectivity with:
- Central Railway at Ghatkopar leading to Ghatkopar railway station
- Aqua Line 3 at Marol Naka via the underground station
- Gundavali station of Red Line 7 at WEH Metro station
- Western and Harbour railway lines at Andheri
- Andheri West station of Yellow Line 2A[15][16] at DN Nagar Metro
Pink Line 6[17] will function from Lokhandwala to Kanjurmarg via Jogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024.
Areas
Andheri West is a vast area divided into many sub areas.[18] Some of the major areas in Andheri West are as following:
- Four Bungalows
- Seven Bungalows
- Lokhandwala
- Versova
- Oshiwara