Shimpoli

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Shimpoli Road is a locality in suburban Mumbai, located in the western suburb of Borivali. It is a 15 minute walk from the Borivali Railway Station. It has seen an extra-ordinary growth in population in the 00s. Many new residential complexes has come up in Shimpoli. The area is mostly dominated by Marathi people although there is a large Gujarati population. Many commercial places have also come up all over the place thanks to the burgeoning population. A new mall called as "Dreamz Mall" is also coming up in the locality.

Shimpoli road has a MTNL telephone exchange which mostly controls telecom in Borivali (West). The "Shyamaprasad Mookherjee Flyover" is situated very near to Shimpoli road thus Borivali (East) is at a walkable distance. The Shimpoli road stretches from the S.V.Road to the Chickoowadi, which is a highly affluent residential locality. A number of restaurants and fast food corners have come up in Shimpoli road as well.

Shimpoli started out as a small village community which has now receded to a corner of the locality to accommodate the highrise apartment blocks.

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[edit] Malls

  • Dreamz Mall (under construction)

[edit] Offices

[edit] Residential Buildings

  • Satyam (Rayanigram Group)
  • Shivam (Rayanigram Group)
  • Sundaram (Rayanigram Group)
  • Sadachar (Rayanigram Group)
  • Sadvichar(Rayanigram Group)
  • Samarpan (Rayanigram Group)
  • Sarjan (Rayanigram Group)
  • Shimpoli Darshan

[edit] Restaurants

  • Veg Treat I
  • Dwarka
  • Malwan Haisar
  • The Salute

[edit] Gymnasiums

  • The Fitness Lounge

[edit] Educational Institutions

  • Gokhale Education Society aka Gokhale High School

[edit] References

  • Mumbai Yellow Pages, TATA Press 2006
  • Mumbai Info, Pingale Publications, 2005