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Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Dombivli is located in Maharashtra
Location of Dombivali in Maharashtra
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Thane
 • Type Municipal Corporation
 • Body Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
 • Mayor Mrs. Kalyani.Nitin.Patil (Shivsena)
 • Municipal Commissioner Mr. Madhukar.G.Ardad
 • Deputy Mayor Mr.Rahul Damle (BJP)
 • MLA Mr.Ravindra Chavan (BJP)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,246,381
Demonym Dombivlikar
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 421 201 to 421 206
Telephone code 0251
Vehicle registration MH-05 [Kalyan RTO]

Dombivli / Dombivali is an important city in Kalyan-Dombivli twin city of Thane district in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It is one of the most modern urban centres in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It is located about 50 km from Mumbai. The nearest city, Thane, is only about 10 km away. The population of the twin city of Kalyan-Dombivli at the 2011 Census counted to 1,246,381 (52% males and 48% females).




Dombivli is surrounded by the ruins from the following villages.

  1. Chole village, Thakurli (W)
  2. Ayre village towards East,
  3. Patharli village towards South, and
  4. Thakurli East towards North

Of the first few settlers was Late. Shri Narayan Atmaram Patkar, who emigrated in year 1880 to Kopargaon. Through Kalyan creek waters, he traded in Rice and other commodities locally grown there. Dombivli witnessed the residence of many remarkable people, like late shri.Manohar Govind Mokashi who was a freedom fighter, also was the founder member of "Rashtriya shikshan sanstha" and chief promoter for "Dombivli nagari sahakari bank Ltd".


On October 1, 1983, Dombivli Municipal Council merged with that of neighbouring Kalyan, forming a new governing body, Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC). The main office of KDMC is located in Kalyan. Mr. Ravindra Chavan, BJP was elected as its First MLA after creation of separate Vidhansabha Constituency in 2009.

Inclusion into Mumbai Suburban District[edit]


The administrative jurisdiction of Thane District, thus, include Dombivli city, Twin city of Kalyan-Dombivli with her Municipal Corporation KDMC, Thane City, Thane Municipal Corporation TMC, other towns and cities under Thane District, Navi Mumbai with her Municipal Corporation NMMC and the planning body CIDCO.

Mumbai Metropolitan Region comprises four districts namely Mumbai City (complete), Mumbai Suburban (complete), Thane (partial) and Raigad (partial). Mumbai conurbation comprises the metropolitan city of Mumbai (City, Suburban and Navi Mumbai) along with seven urban areas namely Thane, Mira-Bhayander, Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar and Bhiwandi-Nizampur. The entire island is called Mumbai Metropolitan Area. It does include Dombivli. Dombivli is not in Mumbai Suburban District, but in Thane District, but it is also a fact that it is in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. For further details, please refer to the wiki article on "Mumbai Metropolitan Region".

Demographics and Culture[edit]

The town is one of the densely populated places.


Shree Ganesh Mandir, Shree Mayureshwara Mandir, Aphale Ram Mandir, GaonDevi Mandir, Pimpaleshwar Mandir, Vitthal Mandir, Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, Khidkaleshwar Shiv Mandir, Venkateshwara (Balaji) Mandir, Bhavani Mandir and Shani Dhaam (Prati Shani-Shingnapur), Ashapura-mata Mandir,Shree Ponnu Guruvayurappan temple are some of the most prominent religious places.

Gudhi Padwa

Gudhi Padwa festival marks the beginning of the Marathi new year, March or April, according to the Saka calendar. Ganesh Mandir, in particular, glitters like none other during all major Hindu festivals, let alone Gudi Padwa.

Shree Swaminarayan Mandir

Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, located near the Dombivli railway station towards East., is considered a significant and spiritual place.

Shree Mayureshwara Temple

One of the newer temples is that of Shri Mayureshwara. It is located in the Bhopar area. Very beautiful architecture and a must visit among newer temples.

Phadke Road

One stretch road from Shree Ganesh Mandir to the railway station is the famous Phadke road, a must watch during almost all major festivals. The road is filled with crowd during festivals and the young crowd meets here on every festival making it the most crowded place during festivals.

Mumbai Pooram Event - Guinness Glory[edit]

"Mumbai Pooram" is the biggest Kerala festival held outside Kerala state. This festival is bassed on the Kerala's "Thrissur Pooram", Kerala's most famous festival held every year. Mumbai Pooram is a three-day festival having dance performances, laser shows, pyrotechnics, food festivals and exhibitions. According to Hindustan Times, more than 2600 women participated in the "Mumbai Pooram Festival" in 2012 making it the largest ever Kaikottikali performance in the world. Kaikottikali dance is a dance form comprising girls and women in traditional Kerala sarees. This mega dance event is called as "Dhathri Maha Kaikottikali". A panel of Guinness Book Of World Records was present at the venue for recording the feat. They approved the event as a viable attempt to create a world record.


S.V. Joshi High School is First high school. It has more than 100 schools including St.Therese Convent High School,Guardian School and Junior College, Abhinav Vidyalaya, Vidya Niketan School, St. Marys, Tilaknagar Vidyamandir, Swami Vivekanand High , I.E.S Chandrakant Patkar Vidyalay,Holy Angels School and Jr.College, etc. and other colleges like Pendharkar College, Pragati College and Model college.Dombivli is one of first few cities in India to initiate free wifi services for common public.This shows the strength of awareness and literacy that encourage Dombivlikars to work towards progress and development through technology.


Based on this city, Dombivali Fast is a critically acclaimed Marathi film directed by Nishikanth Kamat. The film bears resemblance to the 1993 Hollywood film Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas. Another movie called Dombivli Return was releated in 2014; although not a sequel of Dombivli Fast. Dombivli Return is a socio-psychological thriller. The movie stars award-winning actor Sandeep Kulkarni (who is also the co-producer) and Rajeshwari Sachdev in unglamorous roles playing a regular middle-class couple.

Savitribai Phule Natyagruha is a KDMC operated, state of art, recently built auditorium in Dombivli. It stages marathi plays, stand-ups and various other cultural programmes.[1]

Tilak Cineplex near station on Dombivli east and Gopi Cinema on Dombivli west are popular Cinema Halls in the city.[2]


There are many good restaurants including:- Rangoli Bar & Restaurant The New Modern's Cafe, The Modern's Pride, Prasad Food Divine, The Legend, Hotel Dwaraka, Domino's Pizza, Regency Restro Bar, Hyderabadi Biryani Darbaar, Natural Ice creams,and in the west Chill & Thrill Icecream parlour Famous wada pav stalls are Thakur Wada Pav, Kunj Vihar,Gajanan.


The industrial part of this place has a number of factories manufacturing dyes, paints, and industrial and agricultural chemicals. Heavy metal factories manufacturing a wide variety of equipment are also based in this region. A few nationally prominent industrial establishments that have manufacturing plants in Dombivli are Gharda Chemicals, Vicco Labs, Lloyd Steel and Deepak Fertilizers. The city has three railway stations under her direct jurisdiction: Dombivli, Thakurli, Kopar, and upper Kopar railway station (on Diva-Bhiwandi-Vasai and Panvel-Dahanu-Boisar lines).Dombivli is one of the fastest developing suburb of Mumbai.



Dombivli is served by Mumbai Suburban railway network, i.e. it lies on the main line of the central section of Mumbai suburban railway network.Dombivli railway station was built in 1887. Fast local trains on Central Railway route halt at Dombivli. Though none of the long journey express trains halt here, it is well connected to Mumbai and Navi Mumbai through Thane.Dombivli is one of the busiest railway station in Mumbai suburban railway network.



Mankoli bridge[edit]

A six lane, cable suspension bridge over the creek is planned to connect to NH3 (National Highway 3).





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