Ulhasnagar

Ulhasnagar
City Mumbai Metropolitan City
Birla Mandir in Shahad, Ulhasnagar, Thane district, Maharashtra
Ulhasnagar
Coordinates: 19°13′N 73°09′E / 19.22°N 73.15°E / 19.22; 73.15
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
Area
• Total	28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	506,098
• Density	18,000/km2 (47,000/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Marathi[1][2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	421 001 421 002 421 003 421 004 421 005
Telephone code	STD code 0251
Vehicle registration	MH-05
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalyan
Website	www.umc.gov.in

Ulhasnagar is a city located 26 km from Thane City in Thane district, Maharashtra, India. This city is a part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region managed by the MMRDA. It had an estimated population of 506,098 at the 2011 Census.^[3] Ulhasnagar is a municipal city and the headquarters of the Tahsil bearing the same name. It has a suburban station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

A suburban railway station was built in 1955. In January 1960, Ulhasnagar Municipality was formed, with Arjun K. Ballani as the first chief, and a municipal council was nominated. In 1965, elections were first held in this council. In the late 1970s, Ulhasnagar was a town settled mainly by Sindhi Hindu refugees from Sindh Pakistan.^[4] Now this 28 square kilometre area has 389,000 people of Sindhi descent, the largest enclave of Sindhis in India. The town lies outside Mumbai city but within the Mumbai Conurbation. In 2010, the estimated population of Sindhi Hindus in Ulhasnagar was 400,000.^[5]

There are a number of criminal gangs in town working under the patronage of political parties.^[6] Also for many illegal building projects in 1990s, politicians started to charge money to look the other way.^[7]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ulhasnagar had a population of 506,098. Ulhasnagar is the 22nd biggest city in Maharashtra and the 88th in the country. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. There are about four lakh Sindhi-speaking Hindus in Ulhasnagar.^[11] Sindhis migrated to Ulhasnagar after the partition of India.^[12]

The town covers an area of 13 square kilometers and is divided into 285 blocks. It is a centre for the production of rayon silk, dyes, ready-made garments, electrical / electronic appliances and confectionaries. The total length of roads and streets in the town is 352 kilometres.^{[citation needed]} The town is served by underground and open-surface drainage, night soil being disposed of by septic tank latrines. The town has a protected water supply through MIDC. The Sanctioned Water Quota at various tapping points is 112 MLD. Fire-fighting services are also available in the town. There are sixty private hospitals with a total bed-strength of 840 beds, three government hospitals with a total bed-strength of 356 beds, 255 dispensaries / clinics, 100 RMPs and a family planning centre.^{[citation needed]}

Ulhasnagar has some small businesses manufacturing denims. Some of the manufacturers export jeans worldwide from Ulhasnagar.^[13] The city is also known for its furniture, cloth and electronics markets.^[14]

Ulhasnagar has been ranked 13th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 2 3-10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results' ^[15]

Educational facilities are provided by 129 primary schools, 56 secondary schools, 9 higher secondary schools, 3 colleges and 2 technical colleges.

Smt. Chandibai Himmatmal Mansukhani College (C. H. M. College), established in 1965,^[16] has five college buildings:

• Principal K M Kundnani Pharmacy Polytechnique^[17]
• Institute of Technology^[18]
• Dr L. H. Hiranandani College of Pharmacy^[19]
• H and G H Mansukhani Institute of Management^[20]
• Nari Gursahani Law College^[21]
• Ulhasnagar Girls College, started in 1961, later converted to R K Talreja College.^[22]

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