Malad

For the city in Idaho, see Malad City, Idaho.

Malad is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line. It is a suburb of Mumbai.

Malad, like all the western suburbs is partitioned into two parts. East and West by the Western Railway line.

Apart from the original Maharashtrian settlers, this suburb has a considerable population of Gujaratis, South Indians, Marwaris and Punjabis. Real estate on the west side is more expensive than the East.

Originally, much of the land was owned by East-Indian East Indians (ethnic group) (An Indian Community) families and was used primarily for agricultural purposes. Towards the 1980s many of them sold their lands to real estate developers and the like.

One of the most prominent localities in Malad (West) is the village called Orlem (Original Marathi name – Valnai).

It has a few of the popular beaches in Mumbai noteable Marve Beach, Aksa and Erangal.

Mindspace, a posh office cum residential locality has become a hub of call centres and the service industry as more business is moving towards the suburbian Mumbai. Some major call centers in the Mindspace area are Convergys, Intelenet, 3G (3 Global Services), Sutherland, Epi Centre, JP Morgan, EDS, E-serve, E-funds, ICICI one source, OTIS etc.

Investment banks like Morgan Stanley & Merrill Lynch too have their offices in Mindspace.

Educational Institutions

• Infant Jesus School
• St.George High School Kurar Village
• Sheth N. L. High School
• Atharva College of Engineering (ACE), Malad
• Nagindas Khandwala College of Commerce and Arts
• Prahladrai Dalmiya Lions College, Sunder Nagar
• Sarvodaya Women’s College
• Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya, Sunder Nagar
• Umedbhai Patel English School, Sunder Nagar
• St Joseph’s High School
• St Anne’s High School
• Mahindra Academy
• S.N.D.T. Women’s College
• St Mary`s English School
• Utkarsh Mandir, Malad
• Carmel of St. Joseph School
• Shree Nutan Vidya Mandir High School
• Children’s Academy
• Fatima Devi English High School
• Father Agnelo High School

Parks

• Liberty Garden
• Sunder Nagar Garden
• Poddar Park
• Dada Dadi Park Nr:- Military Road.
• Sai Baba Park – Evershine Nagar

Movie Theatres in Malad West

• New Era, Malad station
• Kasturbha
• MovieTime (2-screen Multiplex)
• Sangeeta , Malad (E)
• Fame Malad (6-screen Multiplex) at Inorbit Mall

Beaches

• Marve Beach
• Dana Paani
• Aksa Beach
• Madh Island
• Erangal Beach

Clubs

• Goregaon Sports Club
• Club Link
• Malad Gymkhana

Hotels

• The Resort – Aksa
• The Retreat – Madh Island Beach
• JW Marriott – Service Apartments (Mindspace 2007)

Malls

• Inorbit Mall, Link Rd, Malad
• The Mall, Station Road, Malad(W)
• The Eastern Mall, Malad (E)
• Hypercity, Link Rd, Malad

Hotels and Restaraunts

• MM Mithaiwala
• Delhi Sweet House
• Hotel Gopal , Malad
• Janta Wafers , Malad (E)
• Laxmi Chaha Bhandar
• AR Thakkar Mithaiwala
• Uncles Kitchen
• Raju Kabab (Orlem)
• City Of Joy (Orlem)
• Sri Devi
• Garden Court, (Orlem)
• Delhi Durbar, Inorbit Mall, Link Road
• Various fast food outlets at Inorbit Mall, Link Road

Malad
Next station south: Goregaon	Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway		Next station north: Kandivali
	Stop Number:19	KM from starting:29.32

Kandivali

Kandivali or Kandivli is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line. It is a suburb of Mumbai.

Artefacts found near Kandivali indicate that the region around Kandivali was inhabited since the Stone Age [1]. The township was a semi-rural area up to the 1980s, with agricultural land, hutments and villages. With the real estate boom in the 1980s and 1990s, many residential projects started to shift northward. This saw a frenzied construction activity leading to large scale development. The area has also witnessed the highest appreciation in land value in Bombay. The area currently has swank malls, wide roads, multiplexes and numerous flyovers. It is also popular as it is well connected via train and bus. The northern hub of Borivali lies just a few kilometres away, and the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Sahar) lies to the south.

Demographics

Kandivali was long dominated by Gujarati and Marwari communities, but in recent times, due to burgeoning population it has turned cosmopolitan. Numerous hospitals and polyclinics in the region have made the township the centre of medical healthcare in the region.

The original inhabitants are Koli (fishermen), who reside in the Charkop village. Now it is mostly populated by North Indians and Gujaratis. It is one of the densely populated suburbs in Mumbai.

Divisions

Currently Kandivali consists of Kandivali (West) and Kandivali (East).

Kandivali (West)

Kandivali (West) includes Parekh Nagar, Mahavir Nagar, Poisar,Ganesh Nagar,Ekta Nagar and Charkop. It is a beautiful place and a cosmopolitan area. The oldest place in Kandivali is Kandivali Village (Gaon) which comprised of only 5 families in 1800s. It developed a lot in 1900s. The Kandivali village is surrounded by all the basic amenities. It has a school, a college, a market,a temple, a hospital. The Kandivali railway station is just 10 mins walking distance from this place.

There is a famous Masjid built in aroud the village area. The Kandivali village is full of Maharashtrians which includes the old families of 1800. The famous among them are Joshis, Kenis, Patils and Kandivalikars. Also there is a beautiful church in the same area. There is a famous swimming pool in Kandivali which was built in 1965. It was a famous hotspot for youngsters in vacations.

Kandivali was under British when they ruled India.They had their base in one of the older n first schools of Kandivali which was N.L.high school.The families in 1800s(Joshis,kenis,patils) did not work.They were landlords of the land of entire Kandivali. Kandivali also has various recreation clubs, parks and malls.

Other notable places in Kandivali(West) are Dahanukar Wadi, Mahavir Nagar, Sai Nagar etc. Charkop is fast developing as a cosmopolitan area.

The original inhabitants are kolis (Fishermen, who reside in the village of charkop). Now it is mostly populated by Maharashtrian,North Indians and and gujaratis.

Kandivali (East)

Kandivali (East) includes Thakur Complex, Thakur Village and Lokhandwala Complex.

Kandivali
Next station south: Malad (Mumbai suburb)	Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway		Next station north: Borivali
	Stop Number:20	KM from starting:31.22