Virar
Virar | |
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City | |
Panoramic view of the city | |
Virar | |
| Coordinates: 19°28′N 72°48′E / 19.47°N 72.8°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Palghar |
| Division | Konkan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. | Rajan Naik |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,221,234 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | Virar (West) – 401303, Virar (East) – 401305 |
| Telephone code | 91250 |
| Vehicle registration | MH- 48 |
| Website | www |
Virar (Pronunciation: [ʋiɾaːɾ]) is a coastal city in the Palghar district, Maharashtra, India. The northern third of the city of Vasai-Virar, is administered by the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies to the south of the Palghar district, and to the north of the city of Mumbai. It is an important part of the Palghar District because it forms the outermost part on the northern side of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and comes under the police jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.
Virar railway station is one of the prominent railway stations on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway being the station on the line with a high frequency of local-train transit for both ends: Palghar (Dahanu) as well as Churchgate (South Mumbai).
As per provisional reports of Census of India, population of Virar in 2011 was 1,222,390; of which males and females were 648,172 and 574,218, respectively.