Virar

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Virar
Virar
State - District(s)	Maharashtra - Thane
Coordinates	19.47° N 72.8° E
Area - Elevation	- 11 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	118,945 -

Virar is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line. Virar is a city and a municipal council in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Virar is the name of a suburb in Northern Mumbai, and also of an eponymous suburban railway station. Virar is the last station on the Western Suburban local train route of Mumbai. It is around one and a half hours away by train from Churchgate the first station on the Western Railway Line.

An outpost of Mumbai, Virar (named for Indian philosopher Jeevan Virar,) was connected with the mainland with electric train way back in 1925.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Educational Institutes
4 References

[edit] Geography

Virar is located at 19.47° N 72.8° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Virar had a population of 118,945. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Virar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 74%. In Virar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Over a period of time Virar has become a cosmopolitan suburb with approx 70% population being Marathi speaking and the balance mix of other communities. The suburb is fully developed with all the banking facilities and residential infra-structure to accommodate the growing population. 70% of the population is below 30 years and basically the result of migration from Mumbai mainland to this part of the greater city due to ever increasing cost of land.

The growth of Virar is yet to be seen in full when the quadrupling of the railway line between Borivali and Virar takes place by 2006. Virar is endowed with an excellent beach with is around 6kms away - Arnala. Many worshippers offer their prayers to their beloved deity “Jivdani Mata”, by visiting the Jivdani temple, situated atop a hill (having around 1375 steps). This hill also offers a very picturesque view of Virar and its vicinity. There are various farmhouses, shacks and picnic hotels on the beach to make day stay comfortable.

Govinda the indian actor is also from virar. He is a MP now from here but disappeared after elected, may be people from Virar can see him at next election only.

[edit] Educational Institutes

John XXIII High School, Agashi, Virar(W)
Shastri Vidyalaya High School, Virar (E)
VIVA COLLEGE OS ARTS,COM. & SCI.,VIRAR(W).
Kashidas Ghelabhai Highschool,Agashi, Virar(W).
National English High School, Virar (W).
Annasaheb Vartak Vidyamandir High School, Virar(E). http://www.avsvm.com
M.G.M Academy's High School, Virar (W).
St. Xaviers High School, Virar (W).
Dr. N.P. Shah English Medium School, Agashi, Virar(W).
Little Fairy Montesery, Virar(E)
Shri Sadguru Montessori, Virar(E)

[edit] References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Virar

Virar
Next station south: Nala Sopara	Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway		Next station north: [[]]
	Stop Number:28	KM from starting:59.98