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Mumbai Suburban district

Mumbai Suburban district is the second most populous district of Maharashtra in the Konkan Division.

Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban district · Dr Vikramjit Kakati (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Mumbai Suburban district is the second most populous district of Maharashtra in the Konkan Division. With its administrative headquarters in Bandra, the district consists of three subdivisions or tehsils (townships): Kurla, Andheri, and Borivali. The district along with Mumbai City district and other suburban localities make up Greater Mumbai. The district occupies an area of 446 km2 on Salsette Island.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mumbai Suburban district

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Mumbai

    University of Mumbai is a public state university in Mumbai. It is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 549,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges.

    3.5 km · state public university in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bandra–Worli Sea Link

    The Bandra–Worli Sea Link is a 5.6 km long, 8-lane wide cable-stayed bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. It is the second longest sea bridge after Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, as well as the 5th longest bridge in India after Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, Bhupen Hazarika Setu, Dibang River Bridge and Mahatma Gandhi Setu.

    2 km · bridge connecting Bandra and Worli, Mumbai, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai

    The Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ganesha. It is located in Prabhadevi neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra.

    3.7 km · Hindu temple in Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mahim Fort

    The Mahim Fort is a fort in Mahim in Mumbai, Maharashtra state, India. Strategically located on the Mahim Bay, the fort overlooks Worli to the south, Bandra to the north, and Mahim to the east.

    1.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mount Mary Church

    Officially, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, colloquially known as Mount Bandra and Mount St Mary Church; is a basilica of the Roman Catholic Church, located at the Bandra neighbourhood of Bombay, India. The festival of the nativity of St Mary, also known as Holy Marymas or the Bandra Fest, is celebrated here on the 8th day of September: The auspicious occasion of the birth of the virgin-mother of Jesus Christ.

    900 m · Roman Catholic basilica in Bandra, Mumbai, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Worli Fort

    The Worli Fort is a fort in Worli, Mumbai, India. Though often incorrectly assumed to have been built by the Portuguese, the fort was built by the British around 1675 on Worli Hill.

    3.2 km · fort in Mumbai · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Castella de Aguada

    Castella de Aguada, also known as the Bandra Fort, is a fort located in Bandra, Mumbai, India. "Castella" is a misspelling for Portuguese "Castelo", although it seems its Portuguese builders actually called it Forte de Bandorá.

    1.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Riwa Fort

    The Riwa Fort, locally known as Kala Qilla or Black Fort, is a fort in central Mumbai, India on the banks of the Mithi River. The fort is currently in a dilapidated condition amidst the Dharavi slums.

    3.2 km · fort in Mumbai, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Chaitya Bhoomi

    Chaitya Bhoomi, also written as Chaityabhoomi is a Buddhist chaitya and the cremation place of B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and the revived Buddhism in India.

    2.8 km · Buddhist shrine and resting place of Babasaheb Ambedkar · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Rajgruha

    Rajgruha is a memorial and house of the leader B. R. Ambedkar at Hindu colony of Dadar in Mumbai, India. It was named after Rajgriha, in reference to the ancient Hindu-Buddhist kingdom.

    3.7 km · Memorial and home of B. R. Ambedkar in Mumbai, India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Mumbai Suburban district

Airports
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (BOM), 6 km · Navi Mumbai (NMI), 26 km · Pune (PNQ), 126 km
Stations
Khar Road railway station, 2.4 km · Dadar railway station, 3.8 km · Santacruz railway station, 3.8 km · King's Circle railway station, 3.6 km · Sion railway station, 3.6 km
  • Pune → Mumbai Suburban district
    122 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹1,000–1,250
  • Nashik → Mumbai Suburban district
    135 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · ₹1,070–1,330
  • Kakadi → Mumbai Suburban district
    890 km · quickest by road, 17h 5m · ₹7,100–8,850
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mumbai Suburban district

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mumbai Suburban district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in}} Thane Creek is bustling with ferries to central Mumbai from various cities on the southern and eastern side of the creek, such as Alibag.
  • Get inFerries from Ferry Wharf also allow cheap access to islands and beaches in the vicinity of the city and Elephanta.
  • Get inThere are no scheduled international ferries to Mumbai, however cruise ships dock regularly.
  • Get aroundIt will be difficult to find a taxi in the suburbs as they have been out-competed by the cheaper auto-rickshaws there.
  • Get aroundAnother scam is auto-rickshaw drivers charging the (higher) taxi fare and even show you a tariff card which should be used for taxi fares only.

From Wikivoyage: Mumbai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GokarnaIN

    7 ways of moving, 14 sources

    525 km
  2. 02
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    565 km
  3. 03
    AgattiIN

    8 ways of moving, 19 sources

    913 km
  4. 04
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,034 km
  5. 05
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,088 km

If you know how people move in Mumbai Suburban district – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Mumbai Suburban district

Mumbai Suburban district is 4 km from Dhārāvi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Dharavineighbourhood and slum in Mumbai, India2.9 km
  • Bandrasuburb of Mumbai, India1.2 km
  • Q674501Neighbourhood in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India2 km
  • Dadarsuburb of Mumbai3.9 km
  • Bandra Kurla Complexhuman settlement in India3.6 km
  • Santacruzsuburb in Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra, India3.7 km