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Andheri | |
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Suburb | |
Coordinates: 19°07′08″N 72°50′49″E / 19.119°N 72.847°E | |
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 (East), 400059 (J B Nagar), 400093 (MIDC), 400053 (Azad Nagar), 400058 (West), 400072 (Sakinaka), 400096 (SEEPZ), 400099
(International Airport), 400049 (Juhu), 400061 (Versova) |
Area code | 022 |
Vehicle registration | MH 02 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai North West |
Andheri ( [ən̪d̪ʱeɾiː]) is a suburb in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India.
For administrative purposes, the area is separated into Andheri West and Andheri East. Andheri West comes under K/W ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, while Andheri East comes under the K/E ward of the same. [1]
Andheri east and west are key areas in Mumbai, with several film studios and TV news channels. [2]
Andheri West has the head office of PVR INOX. [3]
The Andheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city. [4] The expansion of the Mumbai Metro in the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is a part of the government's master transportation plan. [5]
Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri ( Andheri metro station) [6] [7] connecting Versova in the west to Ghatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi). [8] It is fully elevated, and consists of 12 stations. 9 out of the 12 stations are in Andheri. Work on the corridor began on 8 February 2008. A cable stay bridge over Western Express Highway & a Steel Bridge spanning the Western railway line, on the project, was completed at the end of 2012. [9] The line opened for service on 8 June 2014. [10] Latest statistics reveal that approximately 85 million passengers have used the metro line in the first 11 months since its launch. [11]
Metro 2A [12] [13] intersects with Blue Line 1 at DN Nagar Metro and Metro 7 at WEH Metro station respectively in Andheri.
Pink Line 6 [14] will function from Lokhandwala to Kanjurmarg via Jogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024.
PVR INOX LIMITED 7th Floor, Lotus Grandeur Building, Veera Desai Road, Opposite Gundecha Symphony, Andheri (west) Mumbai- 400053, Maharashtra