Vasai-Virar

Vasai–Virar
City Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Paronama of the city Vasai Fort Jivdani Temple Sopara Stupa Tungareshwar
Vasai–Virar
Coordinates: 19°28′N 72°48′E / 19.47°N 72.8°E / 19.47; 72.8
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
Area [1]
• Total	311 km2 (120 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,221,233
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PINs	Virar East - 401305, 401309 West - 401303 Nallasopara East - 401209 West - 401203 Vasai Road East - 401209 West - 401201, 401202 Naigaon East - 401208 West - 401201, 401202, 401207
Telephone code	0250-XXX XXXX
Vehicle registration	MH-48
Sex ratio	880 ♂/♀

Vasai-Virar is an agglomeration of four previously governed municipal councils: Vasai (Bassein), Virar, Nallasopara and Navghar-Manikpur, as well as a few towns to the east and west of the urban area. It lies in the Konkan division of Maharashtra, India.The twin city of Vasai-Virar is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.

According to the 2011 census, it is the 5th largest city in Maharashtra.^[3] Within a close proximity to Mumbai, it is located in Palghar District, and lies north of Vasai Creek and south of the Vaitarna River. Vasai-Virar is bordered by Mira-Bhayandar and Thane on its south and southeast, Bhiwandi-Nizampur on its east and Palghar rural district on its north.

Vasai-Virar has several train stations. On the western line, it has Naigaon, Vasai Road, Nallasopara, Virar and Vaitarna train stations, where as on the central line it has Juchandra and Kaman Road stations.