Kurla

Kurla
Suburb
Panaromic view of East Indian village of Kurla
Panaromic view of East Indian village of Kurla
Kurla is located in Mumbai
Kurla
Kurla
Coordinates: 19°04′21.4″N 72°53′04.2″E / 19.072611°N 72.884500°E / 19.072611; 72.884500[1]
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictMumbai Suburban
CityMumbai
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Elevation
18.18 m (59.65 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
400070 [1] and 400072 west
400071
Area code+9122
Vehicle registrationMH 03
Civic agencyBMC

Kurla (Pronunciation: [kuɾlaː]) is a suburb of East Mumbai, India. It is the headquarters of the Kurla taluka of Mumbai Suburban district. The neighbourhood is named after the eponymous East Indian village that it grew out of. It falls under Zone 5, Ward 'L' of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Its railway station, spelt as Coorla until 1890,[2] is one of the busiest on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai as is the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) for out-station passenger/express trains.

  1. ^ Kurla north
  2. ^ "C for Confused: For railways, it's S for Karjat & N for Kasara". The Times of India. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2014.