| Andheri | |
| Settlement Type: | Suburb |
| Pushpin Map: | Mumbai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mumbai |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mumbai Suburban |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mumbai |
| Governing Body: | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Mumbai North West |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Marathi |
| Timezone1: | IST GMT+530 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 400069 (Andheri East), 400059 (J B Nagar, Marol), 400093 (MIDC), 400053 (Azad Nagar), 400058 (Andheri West), 400072 (Sakinaka, Saki Vihar), 400096 (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), 400099 (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Sahar), 400049 (Juhu), 400061 (Versova) |
| Area Code: | 022 |
| Registration Plate: | MH 02 |
Andheri ([ən̪d̪ʱeɾiː]) is a suburb situated in Western Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The Prakritized form of the Sanskrit name "Andhaka-giri" is mentioned as a name of Andheri in the 15th-17th century Marathi-language text Mahikavatichi Bakhar.[1]
Administratively, Andheri is a village in the Andheri taluka of the Mumbai Suburban district.[2] It is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes under K/W ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), while Andheri (east) comes under the K/E ward of BMC.[3]
Andheri east and west are key areas in Mumbai, where several film studios and TV news channels are located.[4]
Andheri West has the head office of PVR INOX.[5]
Andheri was the founding point of the local ice cream brand Pastonji.[6]
Public transportation within Andheri is typically handled by BEST buses, metro and auto-rickshaws.
The Andheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city.[7] The expansion of the Mumbai Metro in the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is part of the government's master transportation plan.[8]
Blue Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri (Andheri metro station)[9] [10] connecting Versova in the west to Ghatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of 11.4km (07.1miles).[11] It is fully elevated, and consists of 12 stations, nine of which are in Andheri. Work on the corridor began on 8 February 2008. A cable stay bridge over Western Express Highway and a Steel Bridge spanning the Western railway line were completed at the end of 2012.[12] The line opened for service on 8 June 2014.[13] Approximately 85 million passengers used the line in the first 11 months of service.[14]
Blue Line 1 provides intersected connectivity with:
Pink Line 6[17] will function from Lokhandwala to Kanjurmarg via Jogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024.
Andheri West is a vast area divided into many sub areas.[18] Some of the major areas in Andheri West are as following:
