Wadala is known for being one of the seven islands of Bombay which combined together form the great city Mumbai. Earlier Wadala was called Parel, Matunga, Dharavi etc. This place comes under Mumbai Municipal Corporation and covers the area of 6.52 sq. km. People here experience hot and humid weather with powerful monsoons. Wadala has estimated population of 143064 and the male and female populations are 74526 and 68538 respectively. The coordinates of this place are of 19.02163°N 72.86459°E. Marathi, Hindi and English are widely spoken however, Marathi is the official language here.
Infrastructure and Details
As Wadala is considered as the main centre of Mumbai, it is surrounded by Dadar on the West, Matunga on the Northwest, and Sewri on the South. As a part of Mumbai this place is also the home of old temples, Universities and the famous IMAX dome theatre (4.7km), formerly known as world's largest theatre.
Wadala has a very good connectivity of trains for Harbour, central and western line. If you walk for 10-15 minutes you will reach to Wadala Railway station (1.8km) and Sion Railway station (5.6km). Nearest airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport which is approximately 6.17 km away from Wadala.
This area is known as the hub of educational institutions like The Andhra Education Society High school (2.1km), Sitaram Prakash High School (2.0km), Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (1.8km) and Coommo Jafar College (3.0km) etc are accompanied by hospitals like The Ackworth Leprosy Hospital (1.8km), Mumbai Port Trust Hospital (270m), Sengol Hospital (1.3km) and RSV Hospital (900m).
Major employment centers include the Indiabulls Finance Center (5.1km), Peninsula Business Park (6.3km), Kamala Mills Compound (6.4km) etc. Moreover, Wadala is also connected with commercial centres and government offices like Bandra Kurla Complex (10km), Kanakia Zillion (11km), Mumbai Port Trust (10km) etc.
Property in Wadala
As we know Mumbai offers a wide mix of apartments and alike. So does Wadala, here you can find apartments, studio apartments, luxury villas, cottages, independent houses in different configurations from 1-5 BHK, you can also find larger apartments here. Any apartment starts from 200-230 sq. ft and increases up to 30,000 sq. ft. There are number of PMAY and MHADA housing schemes that take care of the housing projects here.
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