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Vile Parle
Parla | |
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suburb | |
Coordinates: 19°06′N 72°50′E / 19.10°N 72.83°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Mumbai Suburban |
City | Mumbai |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Area code | 022 |
Vehicle registration | MH02 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai North West (covers western part of the suburb) Mumbai North Central (covers eastern part of the suburb) |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Andheri West (covers western part of the suburb) Vile Parle (covers eastern part of the suburb) |
Vile Parle (IPA: [ʋile paːɾle], also known as Parla), is a suburb and also the name of the railway station in the Western suburb of Mumbai.[1] Vile Parle has a significantly strong base of Marathi population. It serves as the location of the first Parle factory[2] which ceased operations in the year 2016. It also houses Terminal 2 (T2) of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.