Mumbra
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Thane Suburban |
| Parliamentary constituency | Mumbai North East |
| Assembly constituency | Mumbra |
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• 400 612 • +(022) 535 and 546 • MH-04 |
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Mumbra(मुंब्रा) is a small town in India, situated around 40km from Mumbai - मुंबई and is the suburb of city. It is close to Thane - ठाणे and Diwa - दिवा and is well connected with Mumbai by roads and the local train network.
A town which formed as a MUGHAL out post in 14th century which guards the entry point towards KALYAN fort, converted into a bustling shipbuilding industry in 17th century, Famous for its unique sand boats and fast sail boats.this particular industry still surives till date, because of its natural port.during British era this area is used as a nearest logistical base for transportation of army personals of British Indian Legions. Including transportation of heavy machinery from bombay port toward pune cantonment was done from mumbra port. After independence and before opening of alternate route towards PUNE till 1987 mumbra was the only direct route connecting two cities.
Mumbra does not have any large public hospitals, and primary health care is offered by general practitioners in private practice. Mumbra has a few small scale industries. The town has large protected mangrove trees in an area around Mumbra Creek.
The National Highway 4 NH4 passes through Mumbra (a bypass for this highway is under construction over the mountains of Mumbra) which connects Mumbai and Pune. Mumbra is well connected to Navi Mumbai and other towns.
Mumbraites (people of Mumbra) come from diverse backgrounds from all over India.
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[edit] People and culture
Mumbra falls administratively under Thane Municipal corporation. Approximately 90% of the population is Muslim. Due to its large population it has many buildings and apartments. It is not a well-planned city, though some good constructions are coming up these days. It has many standard schools, colleges and technical institutions. Apart from artists and poets, 40% of the educated are engineers most of them are software engineers, 25% are doctors, 25% are teachers and professors, and the rest are in diversified fields like media and marketing. The literacy level of Mumbra is 58%.
[edit] Industry
Mumbra is primarily a residential area but has a fair share of industry as well. The Mek Company Area (near the police station) is an approved small industrial area with tax benefits. Medium scale industries include some units in the Kausa Sheel belt of Mumbra include chemical units, alkyl units, mechanical parts, and many industries set up in the area. Medium to large scale industry includes a plant of the Bharat Group, a private-public undertaking company which makes gears or automobile companies and many more. The [shipbuilding]]industry of Mumbra traces back to the [Maratha]era; it is the oldest industry in Mumbra. Ships (medium barges up to 4500 tons and supply and tugboats) are made and repaired in Mumbra. There is a huge market near Gulab Park Building in Amrut Nagar which is very famous for its cloths shops. There are many other businesses which monopolicizes here. Some of them are Electronics, Clothings etc. In electronics, Spark Electronics is the name for the very famous electronics shop which can be found in gulab park, 1st building, opp. Darul Falah Masjid.
[edit] Infrastructure
[edit] Transport
[edit] Intracity Transport
The major public transport in and around Mumbra is auto rickshaw. Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) buses also ply around the area but they are not that frequent. One can see a lot of traffic on the roads of Mumbra because of the Auto rickshaws. Most of the teenagers here have bikes of their own. The most popular bike of Mumbra is Bajaj Pulsar which can be founded in huge numbers in every lane of Mumbra.
[edit] Intercity Transport
[edit] Railway
Most of the fast locals coming from Kalyan or from Bombay bypass Mumbra as there are no fast tracks due to the hilly terrain and the creek that surrounds Mumbra. Parsik Tunnel which is 1.3 km in length and it was one time third largest tunnel of Asia. This tunnel lies on the fast track and has one entry/exit point in Mumbra. It is the first railway tunnel that was built in India and is more than hundred years old, by the British Empire. Its in the Sahyadri Ranges of Maharashtra and those hills are known as Parsik Hills.
[edit] Roads
Currently concretisation of the NH4 is on the way. This project is awarded to Atlanta Limited. The cost of the total project is 649 million Indian rupees. It's a state Government funded project and will complete soon [1]. Another work which is in full swing is of the Flyover opposite the Mumbra Railway Station, to bypass the traffic caused due to auto rickshaw. And to bypass the heavy traffic, a road along with a bridge is constructed near Reti Bunder, in the outskirts of Mumbra, which will cater to the heavy traffic allowing them to flow from outside Mumbra. Though There is a good opportunity of returns in transport from Mumbra to New Bombay, till date the authorities concerned (NMMC or TMT have not given a thought to the requisitions from the citizens of Mumbra to start the same
[edit] Water
mumbra is a famous port dated back to 14th century , this town formed as a small mughal out post to , one of the most important port in the medieval era . Now this city hosts a shipbuilding yard and many ferries connect near villages in the area beside many coastal vessels give a regular port of call to this port due to various reasons.
[edit] Air
The nearest Airport from Mumbra is in Mumbai Andheri (International Airport) and Santa Cruz (Domestic Airport).A new Airport is underway near Vashi New Bombay.
[edit] Recreations
[edit] Movie hall
Mumbra has a movie hall, Alishan Theatre, which has a seating capacity of 1050 people at a time. One can watch new movies there, but it's not in a very good condition.
[edit] Playgrounds
Mumbra-Kausa has little open space. One more space behind the station which is adjacent to the creek is used for outdoor games, mainly cricket. People normally play outdoor games in the colonies or areas they stay.
- There is one Narottam Ground, which is one of the largest open spaces adjacent to the creek.
- Shivaji Ground in the interiors of Durgah Road is also a big space for people to play cricket and football.
- Nanga Baba Ground, Space opposite Mumbra Police Station is also used for games like cricket and football.
- In Kausa, Space near Bharat Gears is also a good place for outdoor recreation.
[edit] Parks
The park build near mumbra thane toll naka is in perfect location over looking the ulhas river passing through mumbra Siddiqui Builder has created a park for the colony, near Bharat Gears. There is a small garden built near Accord Complex.
[edit] Hospitals
- Sahyog Hospital
- Burhani Hospital
- Siddiqui Hospital (Rohan Complex, Amrut Nagar | Ph. 25461540 )
- Shaheen Hospital
- Millennium Hospital (Aashiyana Tower, Next to Tasmeya Tower, Kausa. Tel. 25350490 / 25350491)
- Konkan Hospital
- Rehmania Hospital
- Dr. Rajesh Patil's 'Gautami Nursing Home' ( Jain Mandir Compound, Opp. Mumbra Police Station. Tel 25469585 )
- .... many more to be added
[edit] Education
One very good thing about Mumbra is that it has two very good colleges: D. Ed. College and Polytechnic College. Education-wise, Mumbra has the highest enrollment of primary students in the district in various schools (population to students ratio), with plans to build more colleges in progress.
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[edit] Schools and colleges
City Convent School and Shoeb School
Kader Palace, Kausa.
Mesco Crescent School
Rashid Compound, Kausa.
Queen Mary's High School
Behind Tanwar Nagar, Kausa.
Abdullah Patel High School & Junior College (Arts & Comm.) (for Girls)
Kismat Colony., Kausa 2535 3528 / 2549 46 93
Mumbra English High School
Opp. Amrut Nagar
Bharat English High School & Jr. College
Mujahid Rd. Kausa Ph: 2535 4652
St. Mary's Convent School
Accord Complex, Kausa Ph : 2535 5008
New Model English High School & Jr. College
Near Police Station, Mumbra
National Urdu & English High School
Almas Colony Kausa Ph : 2535 5081
Sumaiya High School
Mujahid Rd. Behind Qabrastan, Kausa Ph : 2535 5279
Bosco English School
Behind Diamond Bakery, Charni Pada, Kausa
Patel High School
Opposite Railway Station, Mumbra Devi Road,
Babaji Sakharam Patil
Patil Wadi, opposite MEK Ind. Estate, Mumbra
Oxford English high School
Near Railway Line, Mumbra
Angels Paradise English High School
Anand Koliwada, Mumbra
Amrit Education Academy
Papaji School, behind Qabrastan, Kausa Ph : 2535 2114
Symbosis convent high school
Pappu sir school, Kausa-Mumbra
Al Hidayah Public School Bombay Colony, Mumbra
G.R patil Science, commerce & arts College Narayan Nagar, Near police Station, mumbra
and great aman o aman building
[edit] Food
Mumbra is becoming heaven for gourmets. There are several local restaurants serving different types of foods ranging from Mughlai, Real (Traditional) Chinese, Italian, Grill and Arabic foods. The prices are very reasonable. The increasing quality and range of foods is attracting people from neighboring towns of Navi Mumbai, Kalwa and Diwa. Among other foods, Biryani, Grills and Shawarmas are most famous. Some famous hotels here are Hayat, Cafe Sagar, tooba, Cafe Amber, Caravan and Noorani. Mumbra also have some very quality mithai shops. The first in the list is sagar sweets. sulaiman mithaiwala, Ajwa and noor are also known for their tasty sweets. Delicious "samosas" are available near Ali Chambers close to Darul-Falah masjid.
[edit] Hotels and Restaurants
- Cafe Amber
- Cafe Sagar
- Cafe Tooba
- Caravan
- Hyatt
- Mumbra Hotel
- Noorani
- Sahil Hotel
- Cafe Aqsa Near darul falah masjid, kausa,mumbra
- Boostan Hotel - Opp kaka Nagar, Kausa, Mumbra.
... more to be added
[edit] Newspapers
Apart from the major league papers like Indian Express, Urdu Times, Times of India, Thane Plus carries major news on Mumbra apart from whole of Thane's news. 'Thane Plus' is a Hyperlocal newspaper that comes with the Times of India daily read by about 1.3 lakh readers. It is the most popular newspaper which is always known to give balanced, unbiased and relevant news about the area it covers – Thane Kalva and Mumbra. There are handful of weekly local newspapers that are quite popular in Mumbra. In fact, weekly Mumbra samachar running through last seven years has played an important role in mumbra's political and social life.Other weekly news paper are Dhuaadar samachar and focus samachar.
[edit] Studies conducted on Mumbra
- Samant, Hrishikesh P. Subramanyan, V.(Guide)
Geomorphic analysis of the Mumbai-Mumbra region and its applications using a geographic information system. - Ph.D.Thesis. (R) (Earth Science) Mumbai : IIT, 1996
- Investigation on landslides, Mumbra-Highway by pass (Mumbai, PWD).
- Environmental Monitoring Network of Maharashtra, Surface water locations for Thane Region, Mumbra (SWMP)
[edit] Location
40 km North East of Mumbai on the western coast of India. Also close to Thane Navi Mumbai Airoli node via the Old Mumbai Pune Highway - NH4 road. The exact latitude and longitude of Mumbra is 19.17541 and 73.026638 respectively.
[edit] Weather
Typical coastal sultry & humid
Rainfall - Average 1500 to 2000 mm beginning of June to end of September. Temperature - Average - 25 - 37 °C (76 - 99 °F) Humidity - 45% to 87% highest in month of August.
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