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Mira Road मीरा रोड
town
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Government
• Mayor	Gilbert Mendonca
Elevation	6.4 m (21.0 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	728,000
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	401107
Telephone code	(91) 022
Lok Sabha constituency	Thane
Website	www.mbmc.gov.in

Mira Road is a town in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region... It is located to the north of Mumbai and is governed by the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC). It is also a railway station on the Western Line of Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Mira Road is located beside Dahisar toll-booth at the border of Mumbai and is today known as one of the fastest growing areas of the city. This rapidly developing suburb offers easy connectivity to all directions of the city like Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai.

Mira Road is situated on the island of Salcette.The total area is approx 74 square kilometer. To its north is the Vasai creek; to the south lies the city of Mumbai. The Sanjay Gandhi National Park is to its east and the coast of Uttan to the West.

Mira Road is located north west of Mumbai, just north of Dahisar. By road it is connected to Mumbai by the Western Express Highway and to Thane by Ghodbunder Road. The Western Express Highway, as termed in Mumbai leaves the city as the NH 8 (National Highway) linking Mumbai with the west and north west of India.The Ghodbunder Road Highway has a direct access to Mira Road from thane NH4.

Kashimira is a point falling between Dahisar Check Naka and Ghodbunder, from which a main road connects that leads to Mira Road, Bhayandar & the coastal areas of Uttan, Gorai, Manori & the famed Amusement Parks - Esselworld & Water Kingdom.

Mira Road is divided into two parts by the Mumbai suburban rail line - East and West. Mira Road (East) consists of several residential localities and townships like Shanti Nagar, Shanti Park, Naya Nagaar, Shrishti Complex, Poonam Sagar Complex, Beverly Park, Sheetal Nagar, Pleasant Park, Ramdev Park etc.

Unlike the Eastern part of Mira Road, the Western part is a Salt-Pan land and is protected by local and national laws.

The town enjoys a supply of electricity from Reliance Energy and now days people have option of TATA Energy as well, telephone services from MTNL, piped gas from Mahanagar Gas, and bus services by BEST, TMT, NMMT, ST & MBMT.

Buses regularly ply from Mira Road to Thane, Santa cruz, Sion, SEEPZ and Dindoshi, express buses from Mira Road run up to Mahim, Rani Laxmibai Chowk and Mulund Depot. AC buses also run up to the Nehru Planetarium (Worli) via the Bandra-Worli sea link and up to Santa cruz. TMT travels to Thane;ST runs up to Thane & Bhiwandi, NMMT till Vashi while MBMT aims at reducing the overhead on BEST for diffusing local traffic towards Borivali.

Mira Road is a rapidly developing town. Malls and super markets have populated the town and its vicinity in the decade 2000-2010.

When Mumbai's real estate prices began escalating during 1970s, the middle-class started moving to suburbs like Virar and Vasai. In this time Mira Road was mainly an agricultural area. In addition, being part of a Gram Panchayat, it did not really spur builders to consider large-scale development in the area. As a result, no one moved into Mira Road, within a few years however, a corporation was established and townships began developing which acted as a stimuls for progress.

By 1980, builders had started buying agricultural land and developing townships. With the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation lending a helping hand to provide basic facilities, the population and has increased substantially over in the decade 2000-2010. The town is in close proximity to the Western Express Highway. These factors have been instrumental in the town's development into an important residential area.

According to the census of 2006, Mira-Bhayandar had a population of 7.28 Lakhs. The 2001 census says that males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Mira-Bhayandar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 64.84%. Literacy among males is 81%, and among the female population it is 74%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Mira road has many connectivity modes such as the Railway, BEST/TMT buses, the Auto Rickshaws and the Taxis etc.

The Umrao Institute of Medical Science & Research Trust

Pre-Primary

• KITE School (Kids' Innovative Threshold Education) Poonam Sagar Complex
• Eurokids, Shanti Park
• Kidzee, Poonam Sagar Complex
• Al Falah International School
• Blossoms, Eden Rose, Beverly Park
• Iqra International School, Naya Nagar
• Toddlers Pre primary School, Beverly Park

High Schools

• St. Xavier's High School
• N.L. Dalmia High School
• Cosmopolitan High School,Sheetal Nagar
• G.S Jangid Memorial School
• St. Andrews Convent English High School, Sai-Baba Nager
• Shanti Nagar High School, Shantinagar Sector 2
• Seven Square Academy, Mira-Bhayandar X Road
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vidyalaya
• Don Bosco High School
• Holy Cross Convent School (Run By Nuns)
• Holy Family Day School
• AVM
• R.B.K. School
• Royal's H.A. Girls High School
• St. Paul's High School, Nityanand Nagar
• St. Mary's High School, Miragaon, Mira Road.
• N.H English Academy, Naya Nagar, Near Umrao Hospital, Mira Road.
• St. Joseph High School, Shanti Park
• Gracious High School, Poonam Sagar Complex
• St Harris, Naya Nagar
• Don Bosco High School, Silver Park
• Our Lady Of Nazareth High School & Jr. College
• Banegar High School
• Anjuman Mufidul Yatama
• The Don Bosco High School. Pleasant Park
• Sant Home Public School
• Pravinkumar G. Vora English High School, Shanti Vihar
• Vedant International High School & junior college
• St.Thomas High School, Sheetal Nagar,Opp Eurokidz.

Colleges

• Royal College of Arts, Science & Commerce
• N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research
• Asmita College of Architecture
• Gurukul College
• Shree L.R. Tiwari College of Engineering^[1]

• Reena Mehta Degree Collage.

• Thakur Mall (with Fame Cinema, Globus, Star Bazar, Croma)
• Cine Max
• Rassaz Mall and Multiplex
• Reliance Fresh
• Big Bazaar
• Asmita Supermarket
• Vijay Sales
• D-Mart
• More
• Next
• Maxus Mall & Multiplex (Bhayander West)
• Designo (Godrej Furniture)
• Reebok
• Croma [Bhayander west]

• Hare Krishna Hare Rama Temple of the ISKCON group, in Shristi has a large number of devotees visiting this place which also includes devotees of foreign countries. This is a prominent landmark of the area and the temple also organizes many religious and cultural programs.
• Shams Jama Masjid (Mosque), Mumbai city's 2nd biggest mosque after the Minara Masjid (Mosque), and there are other several mosques also like Aziziya Mosque, Ibrahimiya Masjid, Haidry Jama Masjid, Ahle Hadith Mosque in Naya Nagar.
• The St.Joseph's Church aka Krista Shanti Dham stands as the largest parish^{[citation needed]} in the Archdiocese of Bombay with more than 25,000 Catholics.
• Jangid Temple is dedicated to Maa Durga, Shri Sai Baba and other deities. It is among the largest Hindu Temples of Mira Road.
• There is also Shri Sai Baba Mandir near Silver Park, Ganesh Mandir in Sheetal Nagar, Sri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sector 10. Small Ganesh idols are immersed at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi at Shivar Garden.
• Gokul Temple, in Shanti Park, Gokul Village
• Shanti Nagar, Jain Mandir.
• Gurudwara, Sri Guru Nanak Darbar, in Shanti Nagar.
• There are several Masjids (mosques) like the Shams Mosque, Aziziya Mosque, Haidry Jama Masjid, Ibrahimiya Masjid, Ahle Hadith Mosque in Naya Nagar.
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, A/001, Sheetal Surbhi, Sheetal Nagar, Next to Telephone Exchange

• mira-road.com
• Mira Bhayandar Yellowpages