Naigaum
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Naigaon Naigaon |
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| Semi Urban | |
View from Naigaon bridge in Naigaon-Papdy road
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 Naigaon
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| Coordinates: 19°21′05″N 72°50′47″E / 19.351467°N 72.846343°ECoordinates: 19°21′05″N 72°50′47″E / 19.351467°N 72.846343°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Metro | Vasai-Virar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Mrs. Pravina Thakur (BVA) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN |
401207 (West) 401208 (East) |
| Telephone code | (91) 0250 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 48 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thane |
| Website | www |
401207 (West)
Naigaon is a neighbourhood of Vasai-Virar city of Maharashtra . It is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It is 19 km away from Mumbai city limits. A decade ago it was a village, but the situation has drastically changed in a few years. It is governed by the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC).Naigaon is approximately 39 km from Mumbai International Airport.
It is also the name of a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Naigaon station is the next station to Bhayandar station in the south and before Vasai Road station to the north. It is located after the major creek between Bhayander and Naigaon. Naigaon east is connected to the Ahmedabad Highway by the Naigaon east road and has nearest station as 'Juchandra' which connects to Vasai Road station via Vasai-Diva route. There is a flyover under construction which will connect east-west, which in turn will ease transportation. There is a proposed bridge flyover over Vasai Creek which will connect Naigaon to Bhayander.
In Naigaon population mainly consists of Marathi speaking Christians and Hindus. It also has a migrant community of Muslims and Gujarati-speaking Hindus and Jains owing to its proximity to the Gujarat border. The language spoken by the Christian community is a different dialect of Marathi language which is called East Indian(valkar), Vadval, Konkani etc.
Bus Service is provided by VVMT(Vasai Virar Municipal Transport)The Frequency of the Bus is every 15mins.
Sharing Auto Rickshaws are available outside the Railway Station on Both the Sides,East & West.
Mumbai Suburban Local trains also Runs with frequency of every 3 to 5 minutes from Virar-Churchgate and Churchgate-Virar. All Local Trains Halt Here.
Recently App Based AC Cabs Services like Ola and Uber have also started.
In the east there is a famous temple of Chandika Devi (Goddess named Chandika). The population in 2014 is approximately 1 lakh and above. There is a Citizen Colony of many buildings and Citizen Credit Co-op Bank Ltd.
Villages part of naigoan east are Juchandra and Tiwri
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