Andheri

Andheri
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 a suburb situated in Western Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

History

The Prakritized form of the Sanskrit name "Andhaka-giri" is mentioned as a name of Andheri in the 15th-17th century Marathi-language text Mahikavatichi Bakhar . ^[1]

Government and politics

Administratively, Andheri is a village in the Andheri taluka of the Mumbai Suburban district. ^[2] It is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes under K/W ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), while Andheri (east) comes under the K/E ward of BMC. ^[3]

Economy

Andheri east and west are key areas in Mumbai, where several film studios and TV news channels are located. ^[4]

Andheri West has the head office of PVR INOX. ^[5]

Andheri was the founding point of the local ice cream brand Pastonji. ^[6]

Transportation

Public transportation within Andheri is typically handled by BEST buses, metro and auto-rickshaws.

The Andheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city. ^[7] The expansion of the Mumbai Metro in the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is part of the government's master transportation plan. ^[8]

Mumbai Metro

Blue Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri (Andheri metro station) ^{[9] [10]} connecting Versova in the west to Ghatkopar 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 the Western 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:

• Central Railway at Ghatkopar leading to Ghatkopar railway station
• Aqua Line 3 at Marol Naka via the underground station
• Gundavali station of Red Line 7 at WEH Metro station
• Western and Harbour railway lines at Andheri
• Andheri West station of Yellow Line 2A ^{[15] [16]} at DN Nagar Metro

Pink Line 6 ^[17] will function from Lokhandwala to Kanjurmarg via Jogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024.

Areas

Andheri West is a vast area divided into many sub areas. ^[18] Some of the major areas in Andheri West are as following:

• Four Bungalows
• Seven Bungalows
• Lokhandwala
• Versova
• Oshiwara

See also

• Mira Road
• List of schools and colleges in Andheri

References

1. Dipesh Karmarkar (2012). "Understanding Place Names in 'Mahikavati's Bakhar': A Case of Mumbai-Thane Region". Studies in Indian Place Names. XXXI. Mysore: Place Names Society of India: 127. ISSN   2394-3114.
2. "Administrative Setup: Villages". Mumbai Suburban District Administration. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
3. "District Census Handbook - Mumbai Suburban" (PDF).
4. Nair, Ashwini (5 July 2012). "Will Andheri East still remain a media hub?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
5. "Terms of Use". PVR INOX. Retrieved 23 March 2024. PVR INOX LIMITED 7th Floor, Lotus Grandeur Building, Veera Desai Road, Opposite Gundecha Symphony, Andheri (west) Mumbai- 400053, Maharashtra
6. "Pastonji Ice Cream". Map of India. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
7. "Authorities finding it difficult to decongest Andheri station area". Daily News and Analysis.
8. Indian Economy - K. R. Gupta, J. R. Gupta - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
9. Mumbai Metro Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Mumbaimetroone.com. Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
10. A Mumbai Metro train every three minutes - Mumbai - DNA. Dnaindia.com. Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
11. "Know Your Metro - Features". Reliance Mumbai Metro. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
12. "Metro ride in June '13? Work on crucial bridge completed". The Times of India . 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
13. "Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan flags off Mumbai Metro". The Times of India . 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
14. "Over 8 crore commuters travelled in Metro since June 2014". The Economic Times. PTI. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
15. "Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority - Metro Line - 2". mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
16. "Metro Line - 2B". mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
17. "DETAILED PROJECT REPORT". mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
18. Baliga, Linah (7 January 2025). "A lost virgin beach surfaces in Andheri West, thanks to locals". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

Notes

• Shrivastava, Prabhat, and S. L. Dhingra. "Operational Integration Of Suburban Railway And Public Buses—Case Study Of Mumbai." Journal of Transportation Engineering 132.6 (2006): 518–522. Academic Search Premier. Web. 29 May 2012.