Andheri


Andheri 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.

Government and politics

Administratively, Andheri is a village in the Andheri taluka of the Mumbai Suburban district. It is bifurcated into Andheri and Andheri. Andheri comes under K/W ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, while Andheri comes under the K/E ward of BMC.

Economy

Andheri east and west are key areas in Mumbai, where several film studios and TV news channels are located.
Andheri West has the head office of PVR INOX.
Andheri was the founding point of the local ice cream brand Pastonji.

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. The expansion of the Mumbai Metro in the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is part of the government's master transportation plan.

Mumbai Metro

of the Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri connecting Versova in the west to Ghatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of. 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. The line opened for service on 8 June 2014. Approximately 85 million passengers used the line in the first 11 months of service.
Blue Line 1 provides intersected connectivity with:
Pink Line 6 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.
Some of the major areas in Andheri West are as following:
  • Four Bungalows
  • Seven Bungalows
  • Lokhandwala
  • Versova
  • Oshiwara