Sahar Village
Sahar Complex | |
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Locality | |
Nickname: Sahar Gaon | |
Coordinates: 19°5′56″N 72°52′2″E / 19.09889°N 72.86722°E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Mumbai Suburban |
City | Mumbai |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)[1] |
• corporator | Sushama Kamlesh Rai |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 400099 |
Area code | 022 |
Sahar Village lies in the Andheri East suburb of Mumbai. It is among the oldest settlements of Bombay East Indians on Salsette Island. The village had a station on the Salsette–Trombay Railway that was dismantled after the rail line closed in 1934.[2]
The opening of the Sahar International Terminal (Terminal 2) of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in the 1980s led to subsequent urban development in the area.[3] This includes the opening of the first hotel of The Leela Group in 1988.[4] Its nearby areas are Vile Parle, Marol, JB Nagar, Chakala, and Saki Naka.