Sunder Nagar

Sunder Nagar
—  suburb  —
Sunder Nagar
Location of Sunder Nagar
in Mumbai and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Maharashtra
District(s) Mumbai suburban district
Parliamentary constituency Mumbai North
Assembly constituency 43
Civic agency MCGM
Zone 5
Ward P/North
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


13 metres (43 ft)

Sunder Nagar (Marathi: सुंदर नगर) is a neighbourhood in the suburb of MaladGoregaon in Mumbai, India.[1] It lies east of the arterial Swami Vivekanand Road and is mostly a residential neighbourhood.[2] It was built up in the 1970s during the city's population and construction boom. The name Sunder Nagar means "beautiful place" in Hindi. There was a community called "Vijaykar Wadi" before 1970 and its name was changed to "Sunder Nagar". "Wadi" means group of trees, there were many "Mango" and "Chikoo" trees in the area, still some can be seen in the park maintained by "The Sunder Nagar Welfare Association".

The area is also known for its educational institutes, with two schools "Umedbhai Patel English School", "Cambridge Education", Sarvoday Girls School and two college, Prahldrai Dalmia's Lions College and Sarvodaya Girls College, which is affiliated to the University of Mumbai.[3] To the north lies Mandlik Nagar. The area also encompasses a few parks to the south.

The residents are mostly Gujaratis - Hindus as well as Muslims. A small Sikh community is centred around a small Gurudwara. There is a huge Middle-class Gujarati Muslim community in and around Sunder Nagar , both Sunni and Shia. About 75% of the population of Sunder Nagar is Hindu , the rest mainly Muslim. The Muslims mostly live in the S and R units , and they own several bakeries and Dairy shops. There are three educational institutions - the Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya , the Umedbhai Patel School and the Dalmia College.

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