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Andheri | |
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Suburb | |
  Andheri Location in Mumbai | |
| Coordinates:19°07′08″N72°50′49″E / 19.119°N 72.847°E /19.119; 72.847 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST GMT+530 |
| PIN | 400069 (Andheri East), 400059 (J B Nagar, Marol), 400093 (MIDC), 400053 (Azad Nagar), 400058 (Andheri West), 400072 (Sakinaka, Saki Vihar), 400096 (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), 400099 (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Sahar), 400049 (Juhu), 400061 (Versova) |
| Area code | 022 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 02 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai North West |
Andheri ([ən̪d̪ʱeɾiː]) is asuburb situated in WesternMumbai,Maharashtra, India.
ThePrakritized form of theSanskrit name "Andhaka-giri" is mentioned as a name of Andheri in the 15th-17th century Marathi-language textMahikavatichi Bakhar.[1]
Administratively, Andheri is a village in the Andheritaluka of theMumbai Suburban district.[2] It is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes under K/W ward of theBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), while Andheri (east) comes under the K/E ward ofBMC.[3]
Andheri east and west are key areas inMumbai, where several film studios and TV news channels are located.[4]
Andheri West has the head office ofPVR INOX.[5]
Andheri was the founding point of the local ice cream brandPastonji.[6]
Public transportation within Andheri is typically handled byBEST buses,metro andauto-rickshaws.
TheAndheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city.[7] The expansion of theMumbai Metro in theVersova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is part of the government's mastertransportation plan.[8]
Blue Line 1 of theMumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri (Andheri metro station)[9][10] connectingVersova in the west toGhatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi).[11] It is fully elevated, and consists of 12 stations, nine of which are in Andheri. Work on the corridor began on 8 February 2008. A cable stay bridge over Western Express Highway and a Steel Bridge spanning theWestern railway line were completed at the end of 2012.[12] The line opened for service on 8 June 2014.[13] Approximately 85 million passengers used the line in the first 11 months of service.[14]
Blue Line 1 provides intersected connectivity with:
Pink Line 6[17] will function fromLokhandwala toKanjurmarg viaJogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024.
Andheri West is a vast area divided into many sub areas.[18]Some of the major areas in Andheri West are as following:
PVR INOX LIMITED 7th Floor, Lotus Grandeur Building, Veera Desai Road, Opposite Gundecha Symphony, Andheri (west) Mumbai- 400053, Maharashtra
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