Mira Road

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Mira Road is a small town in Thane district just north of the city of Mumbai. It is part of the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation. Mira Road is a railway station on the Western railway line of the Mumbai suburban railway.

Mira Road has gradually developed into an important residential locality due to its proximity to Mumbai and lower cost of living. It is situated on the island of Salcette. A marshy creek divides Mira Road from Mumbai. Earlier, Mira Road was divided into two main parts, Shanti Nagar and Naya Nagar. In recent times, several new localities like Jangid, Silver Park, Beverly Park, and Evershine Enclave have come up. Shanti Nagar is a cosmopolitan locality that has residentsof all castes and religions. Naya Nagar has a majority of Muslims.

Although technically not in Mumbai, Mira Road is not different from Mumbai. This is because most people living here have moved from Mumbai in seach of bigger and cheaper property. People can afford to own bigger homes in Mira Road and at the same time, stay in close proximity of the city. Space has never been a problem in Mira Road. Mira Road boasts of pretty good wide roads. The major drawbacks of Mira Road are transportation and the irregular water supply. Many buildings in Mira Road do not enjoy regular supply of municipal water and have to make do with water transported to the buildings by tankers. Tanker water is often dirty and expensive. But, in recent times, the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation has undertaken huge projects to lay down water pipe lines to ensure better water supply.

The population in Mira Road has been on the rise since some time now. Although it is officially not under the BMC, it enjoys all the facilities available in Mumbai like 24hr power supply from Reliance, telephone services from MTNL, piped gas from Mahanagar Gas, and bus services from BEST. Recently, State Transport and Thane Municiapl Transport buses have started running between Mira Road and Thane. Mira Road gives substantial revenue to the Maharashtra Government through taxes , specially Registration and stamp duty on new flats bought. However, Mira Road still does not have a proper hospital, no government schools, or any public places, like parks , etc.

Commuting to and from Mira Road has never been easy. Residents have the option of using the bus or trains to get to the city. During peak hours, the crowd in both, the trains and buses, make travelling difficult. However, the frequency of the buses are being increased to ease the travel a bit. Also, earlier, there was only one railway line between Borivali and Virar. This is fast changing. There has been a considerable amount of effort being put in to lay down a second railway line. The government plans to have more trains running between Virar and Borivali once the second railway line is laid. This should somewhat ease the commute to and from Mira Road.

—==Educational Institutions==

• Holy Cross Convent School
• shanti nagar high school
• NL Dalmia High School
• NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research
• [[Kanakia (ICSE board school)]]
• Royal College of Arts, Commerce and Science
• N.H English Academy school
• P.G.Vora School
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vidhyalaya

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[edit] Entertainment centres

• CineMAX Multiplex
• Razzaz Multiplex

[edit] Sports

• United Sports Club in Shanti nagar -
  • It was established by Mr. Kishore Sharma. Ranji player Iqbal Thakur was the cricket coach of that club.
• Mira Road Sports Club -
  • It was opened in 2003 by Mr. Muzaffar Hussain and here too the coach was Iqbal Thakur.

Mira Road
Next station south: Dahisar	Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway		Next station north: Bhayandar
	Stop Number:23	KM from starting:39.76

These are the stations on Western line of Mumbai suburban railway

Churchgate | Marine Lines | Charni Road | Grant Road | Mumbai Central | Mahalaxmi | Lower Parel | Elphinstone Road | Dadar | Matunga Road | Mahim Junction | Bandra | Khar Road | Santacruz | Vile Parle | Andheri | Jogeshwari | Goregaon | Malad | Kandivali | Borivali | Dahisar | Mira Road | Bhayandar | Naigaon | Vasai Road | Nala Sopara | Virar