Ulhasnagar
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Place details
- Locality
- Kalyan-Dombivli
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Population
- 516,584
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ulhasnagar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- CityMumbai Metropolitan City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Birla Mandir in Shahad, Ulhasnagar, Thane district, Maharashtra
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Maharashtra
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Thane
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Thane district
- Population
- +506098
- Elevation
- +19
- Image
- R K Talreja College.png
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Municipal finance
- Clean air
- Education
- References
- External links
Ulhasnagar is a city located 26 km from Thane City in Thane district, Maharashtra, India. This city is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region managed by the MMRDA. It had an estimated population of 506,098 at the 2011 Census. Ulhasnagar is a municipal city and the headquarters of the Tahsil bearing the same name. It has a suburban station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.
==History== A suburban railway station was built in 1955. In January 1960, Ulhasnagar Municipality was formed, with Arjun K. Ballani as the first chief, and a municipal council was nominated. In 1965, elections were held for the first time in this council. In the late 1970s, Ulhasnagar was a town settled mainly by Sindhi Hindu refugees from Sindh Pakistan. Now this 28 square kilometre area has 389,000 people of Sindhi descent, the largest enclave of Sindhis in India. The town lies outside Mumbai city but within the Mumbai Conurbation. In 2010, the estimated population of Sindhi Hindus in Ulhasnagar was 400,000.