Bhayandar
Bhayandar, also spelled as Bhaindar or Bhayander, is a suburb located in the western suburbs of Mumbai and the northern most suburb of the island on the western side, near the Vasai Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 809,000 residents
- Description: suburb of Thane, India
- Also known as: “Bhayander”, “Bhayndar”, “Bhayundar”, and “Mira-Bhayandar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ghodbunder Fort and Fort Vasai.
Ghodbunder Fort
Fort
Photo: Himanshu Sarpotdar, CC BY 2.0.
Ghodbunder Fort is a fort located in Ghodbunder Village, Thane, Maharashtra, India, on the hill just south of the Ulhas River. It was built by the Portuguese and then occupied by the Marathas, before being used as the East India Company's district headquarters.
Fort Vasai
Photo: Himanshu Sarpotdar, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Vasai is a ruined fort in the town of Vasai, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India. The structure was formally christened as the Fort of St Sebastian in the Indo-Portuguese era. Fort Vasai is situated 5 km northwest of Bhayandar.
Mira Road railway station
Railway station
Photo: Superfast1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mira Road is a passenger railway station located at Mira Road, a suburb in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai, India. The station is served by three bus services, namely the BEST Transport, MBMT Transport and TMT Transport buses, serving the areas of Western Suburbs, Mumbai City District, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Mira Bhayandar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borivali and Vasai.
Borivali
Suburb
Photo: Rudolphfurtado, Public domain.
Borivali is a suburb located in northwestern Mumbai, India. Traditionally, tribals and East Indians lived in Borivali. Attractions include Sanjay Gandhi National Park, fish park, Kanheri Caves, Mandapeshwar Caves, Water Kingdom, the Rushivan and Hanuman Tekdi… Borivali is situated 8 km south of Bhayandar.
Vasai
Suburb
Photo: Oknitop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vasai is a historical place and city located in Palghar district; it was partitioned out of the Thane district in 2014. It also forms a part of Vasai-Virar twin cities in the Konkan division, Maharashtra, India, and comes under the Police Jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate. Vasai is situated 7 km northwest of Bhayandar.
Gorai
Village
Gorai is a village at Dharavi Bhet, in Mumbai, India. It is located on the north-western part of the island of Salsette. Gorai is accessed either by a ferry crossing the Manori Creek and Gorai Creek or by the overland route through Bhayander. Gorai is situated 10 km southwest of Bhayandar.
Bhayandar
- Category: suburb
- Location: Thane, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bhayandar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بياندار”
- Awadhi: “भाईंदर”
- Bengali: “ভাঈন্দর”
- Bulgarian: “Бхаяндар”
- Cebuano: “Bhayandar”
- Hindi: “भाईंदर”
- Hindi: “भायन्दर”
- Kashmiri: “بھییندر”
- Marathi: “भाईंदर”
- Marathi: “भायंदर”
- Persian: “بهایاندر”
- Swedish: “Bhayandar”
- Tamil: “பாயந்தர்”
- Urdu: “بھیئندر”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bhayandar”. Photo: Feroze Ahmad 2, CC BY-SA 4.0.