Kalwa, Thane

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Location of Kalwa
Location of Kalwa

Kalwa is a small town on the outskirts of the Indian city of Mumbai. It is located in northern Thane and is the suburb of the Thane city.Kalwa comes under the Thane Municipal Corporation.The Kalwa bridge links Kalwa & Thane. Kalwa is home to many schools, colleges & the famous Chattrapati Shivaji Hospital & Rajiv Gandhi Medical college.

Kalwa has also been an important industrial hub in the state of Maharashtra. The massive industrialization around the Belapur road, passing through Kalwa has supposedly turned it into one of the biggest industrial & manufacturing hubs in India. The important old Mumbai-Pune highway passes through Kalwa. The leading industrial product exported from this town are fuel filters for Ford Motor Corporation.

[edit] Pin Code

400605 Kalwa

[edit] Location

31 km North East of Mumbai on the western coast of India. Also close to Navi Mumbai Airoli node via the Thane-Belapur road TB road for short.Kalwa is situated between Parsik hills on East and Thane Creek on West side.

[edit] Schools

  • JVM's New English High School, Thane Belapur Rd. Kalwa.New English School-Rohan *Sahakar Vidya Prasarak Mandal's High School, Kalwa.
  • Padmavati Venkatesh High School, Kalwa.
  • Manisha Vidyalaya, Manisha Nagar, Kalwa.
  • New Kalwa Highschool & Jr. College,Old Belapur Road,Kalwa.
  • Dnyanprasarini Vidyalay,Old Belapur Road,Kalwa.
  • Janakibai R. Salvi college of Arts,commerce and science.
Kalwa
Next station south:
Thane
Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway Next station north:
Mumbra
Stop No: 20 KM from starting: 36 Platforms: 2