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Dharavi | |
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 View of Dharavi | |
  Dharavi Location in Mumbai, Maharashtra | |
| Coordinates: 19°02′16″N 72°51′13″E / 19.03778°N 72.85361°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai City |
| City | Mumbai |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20.47 m (67.16 ft) |
| Population (2024) | 1,000,000 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 400017 |
| Telephone code | +9122 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-01 |
| Civic agency | BMC |
Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered India's largest slum and the world's third largest slum.[1] With a population of about 1,000,000 and a population density of over 418,410/km2 (1,083,677/sq mi), Dharavi is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
The Dharavi slum was founded in 1884 during the British colonial era, and grew because the expulsion of factories and residents from the peninsular city centre by the colonial government and from the migration of rural Indians into urban Mumbai. For this reason, Dharavi is currently a highly diverse settlement religiously and ethnically.[2]
Dharavi has an active informal economy in which numerous household enterprises employ many of the slum residents[3]—leather, textiles and pottery products are among the goods made inside Dharavi. The total annual turnover has been estimated at over US$1 billion.[4]
Dharavi has suffered from many epidemics and other disasters, including a widespread plague in 1896 which killed over half of the population of Bombay.[5] Sanitation in the slums remains poor.[6]
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- Dharavi in Mumbai is no longer Asia's largest slum
- "Karachi's Orangi Town named largest slum in the world". 26 November 2016.
- "The Biggest Slum in the world - Karachi's Orangi". 17 May 2018.
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- "Dharavi not Asia's largest slum, it is Karachi: UNDP". 7 September 2009.
- "Karachi is Asia's largest slum, not Dharavi: UNDP | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 September 2009.
- "Dharavi in Mumbai is no longer Asia's largest slum". The Times of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ Sharma, Kalpana; Rediscovering Dharavi: Story From Asia's Largest Slum (2000) – Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-100023-6
- ^ Ahmed, Zubair (20 October 2008). "Indian slum hit by New York woes". BBC News. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ "Jai Ho Dharavi". Nyenrode Business Universiteit. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Swaminathan, M. (1995). "Aspects of urban poverty in Bombay." Environment and Urbanization, 7(1), 133–144
- ^ The Bombay Slum Sanitation Program – Partnering with Slum Communities for SustainableSanitation in a Megalopolis (PDF). Washington: World bank. 1 September 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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