Virar

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Place details

Locality: Vasai-Virar
Region: Maharashtra
Country: India
Population: 1,222,390
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Virar
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: JivDani,Virar - panoramio (32).jpg
Settlement.image_alt: 250
Settlement.image_caption: Panoramic view of the city
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Maharashtra
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Maharashtra
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Palghar
Settlement.government_type: Municipal Corporation
Settlement.governing_body: Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
Settlement.leader_title1: Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.
Settlement.leader_name1: Rajan Naik
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 11
Image: JivDani,Virar - panoramio (30).jpg

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postal code: 401303
Commons category: Virar

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Infrastructure
Governance
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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).