Charkop
Coordinates: 19°12′58″N 72°49′50″E / 19.216182°N 72.830575°E
Charkop is a locality in the suburb of Kandivali (West), North Mumbai. It was originally intended as a housing project by MHADA, but now covers residential areas and businesses.
Charkop's original name is 'Char Khop' meaning a place of 4 huts or a small village with four houses. Koli's or the fishermen are considered to the original settlers of Charkop. Charkop was originally a marshy land, drained by the MHADA to provide low-cost housing to people. The project was originally intended to provide society-based plots around 250 square feet (23 m2) to every owner. This ownership was established by having a lottery and allotting lottery numbers. The next step was to provide all necessary civil amenities, which MHADA has provided to full effect. The late 1990s and beyond has brought a drastic change in people's mindsets towards Charkop. In latter years, has begun to gradually free land for bungalows and buildings. The climate and ecology was another conscious consideration towards making this choice. Towards the year 2000, Charkop had established itself as a truly cosmopolitan in close proximity to both Kandivali and Borivali railway stations.
Original on habitats of Charkop are the people belonging to fisher men's community known as koli. Charkop is predominantly Hindu, but there are also tiny sprinklings of Christians, Sikhs and Parsees and other communities such as Buddhists,Muslims live together in clusters, in the cosmopolitan area of Ganesh Nagar, which borders Malad. Most residents can be classified as lower middle-class or middle class. Professions are mainly of the service type and businesses are run in the Ganesh Nagar(Ganesh Chowk) area and the Charkop Industrial Estate. The majority of populace is Maharashtrian, followed by Gujarati people and then others.
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