Shimpoli

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Shimpoli
Country India
State Maharashtra
District Mumbai Suburban
City Mumbai
Government
  Type Municipal Corporation
  Body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
400092
Area code 022
Civic agency BMC

Shimpoli is a Village in the north Mumbai,located in the western suburb of Borivali,shimpoli also known as "Shimpavali". It is a 15-minute walk from Borivali railway station.

Shimpoli 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. it is connected to Line_2_(Mumbai_Metro) by the Shimpoli metro station.

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