Thakur village is a densely populated residential locality in Kandivali, Mumbai, India. It is located near the Western Express Highway, which is part of the National Highway 8.
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As a part of rapid urban development in this locality, a significant number of residential complexes were constructed here since late 1990s, which include, Aangan, Challenger Towers I, II, III and IV, Evershine Millenium Paradise Sector I, II, III, IV, Gaurav Shikhar I and II, Gokul Gagan, Gokul Horizon, Gokul Resedency, Gundecha's Valley of Flowers, Hill-View Park, ISM House, Mineral House, NG Suncity Phase I and II, Oberoi Gardens, Oberoi Parkview, Shiv Surbhi, Technopark I and II, Vasant Sagar, Vasant Utsav, Vasundhara, samta nagar [S.D.corporation}'Viceroy Court and Viceroy Park.Thakur Village is the next power house of Mumbai.
A number of banks have their branches and 24-hour ATMs in Thakur Village, which include: HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, UTI Bank, Centurion Bank of Punjab, Andhra Bank, Indian Bank, Karnataka Bank, Allahabad Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Saraswat Bank, Pratap Co-operative Bank, Punjab National Bank, Federal Bank, State Bank Of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and ING Vysya Bank.
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Citibank, IndusInd Bank and Union Bank of India have an ATM facility in this locality but they do not have any branch here.
There are a number of gardens, sports grounds and play parks in Thakur village, which include: Evershine Dream Park, Evershine Jogger's Park, Gundecha Jogger's Park, Viceroy Jogger's Park, Thakur Jogger's Park, Thakur Cricket Ground and Stadium, Thakur Engineering College Ground and Thakur Public School badminton court.
Thakur village is known for a number of educational institutions located here, mostly founded by the Thakur Educational Group. These institutions include, Thakur College of Science and Commerce, founded in 1992, Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, founded in 2001 and Thakur Institute of Management Studies and Research, founded in 2002.[1]