Thane
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| ?Thane Mumbai • Maharashtra • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Thane |
| Population | 1,261,517 (2001) |
| Parliamentary constituency | Thane |
| Assembly constituency | Thane |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 400 6xx • +022 • MH-04 |
Coordinates: Thane (Marathi / Konkani : ठाणे) (formerly Thana) is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Conurbation, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane District. The city has an area of 147 sq.km. It had a population of 1.26 million according to the 2001 census.[1]
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[edit] Geography
Thane is located on Salsette Island to the Northeast of Mumbai. Spanning an area of about 147 km², the city is located at an elevation of 7 meters from sea level. It is surrounded by scenic hills, the hill of Yeoor and Parsik Hill. It is divided by Thane Creek, a stream of water from the Ulhas river and Arabian Sea forming an estuary. Two road bridges & one rail bridge connect the two parts of the city.
The city has around 30 lakes. The most beautiful of them is the Masunda Talao, also known as Talao Pali. The lake offers boating and water scooter facilities.
[edit] Demographics and Culture
Majority of the people in Thane are Maharashtrians and Marathi is the most commonly spoken language in the city. In spite of a predominant Maharashtrian culture, Thane, like its neighbouring city Mumbai, boasts of a very vibrant cosmopolitan culture.
Festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi are celebrated with great zest in the city. Similar to Mumbai, Thane offers one of the highest rewards amounting to 1 million rupees (US$ 25,000) for winners of Dahi Handi sport conducted during Gokulashtami festival.
[edit] Life
Thane used to be described as a 'sleepy' city when compared to Mumbai until the early 90s. The size of the city has increased manifold in recent years, spurred by a residential boom due to people moving away from the Mumbai city to find affordable homes and good amenities in Thane.
The Panchpakhadi area, in particular, is well-known for its many eateries having a wide variety of restaurants, ice-cream parlours, cake-shops, cafés and snack shops. The city also has seen an increasing number of malls such as Eternity mall, Cine Wonder Mall and Lake City mall. In addition, there are a number of older single-screen theatres, prominent among them, Malhar Talkies, Vandana Talkies and Anand Talkies.
[edit] Transport
Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) and Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport corporations provide public bus service to the city. Thane is well connected with neighbouring suburbs through Mumbai's railway network. There are 3 railway stations in Thane city limit. Thane station is part of the Central Railway division of Indian railways, and is about 30 km away from the Mumbai city station. The other 2 stations are Kalwa and Mumbra which are also the suburbs of Thane. Thane has gained new importance as a railway link to Navi Mumbai due to the Thane-Vashi and Panvel-Karjat local train line. This line runs two trains between Thane and Vashi, the principal node of Navi Mumbai, passing through Airoli, Ghansoli, Koparkhairane, Turbhe and Sanpada.
A light rail network covering 42 km has been proposed in three phases. In the first phase, consultants have suggested connectivity between Balkum and Kolshet via Naupada. It will be 16.05 km long with 14.65 km elevated, and only 1.4 km on the surface, and 11 stations in all.[2]
[edit] Industries
Thane has a large industrial area. Thane industrial area consists of Wagle estate, Trans Thane Creek (TTC) area known as Thane belapur road, Ghodbunder road. These industrial areas house mostly chemical, engineering, textile and electrical industries. Now many of these industrial area are housing IT companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Adventity, Godrej BPO (Lawkim), Infotech, ICICI Customer care and many more. Cadburys and GlaxoSmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltdh also have branches here in Thane.
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