Virar

Virar
City
Panoramic view of the city
Virar
Coordinates: 19°28′N 72°48′E / 19.47°N 72.8°E / 19.47; 72.8
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Division	Konkan
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
• Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.	Kshitij Thakur
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,221,234
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	Virar (West) – 401303, Virar (East) – 401305
Telephone code	91250
Vehicle registration	MH- 48
Website	www.vasaivirar.com

Virar (Pronunciation: [ʋiɾaːɾ]) is a coastal city in Palghar district, Maharashtra. The northern third of the city of Vasai-Virar, it is administered by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies in the south part of Palghar district, and north to the city of Mumbai. It is an important part of Palghar District because Palghar is the outermost part of northern side of Mumbai Metropolitan Region and comes under Police Jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.

Virar railway station is one of the prominent^[1] railway stations on the Western Line of Mumbai Suburban Railway due to being the station on the line with high frequency of local-train transit for both ends, Palghar (Dahanu) as well as Churchgate (South Mumbai).

Virar City is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Maharashtra State, India. Virar is connected by roads to Mumbai- Ahmedabad Express Highway at Virar Phata(An exit node of highway towards Virar). Virar is famous for Jivdani Temple (Virar East) and Arnala Fort and Arnala Beach in the west in the northern coastal area of konkan region.

As per provisional reports if Census of India, population of Virar in 2011 is 1,222,390; of which male and female are 648,172 and 574,218 respectively.