Panvel

Panvel
Panvel; पनवेल
	Metropolitan city
	Panvel
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Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Raigad
Metro	Mumbai
Nearest City	Mumbai, Navi Mumbai
Named for	Paneli
Government
• Body	City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (New Panvel); Panvel Municipal Council [PMC] (Panvel)
• Head of PMC	Charushila Gharat
Area
• Total	75 km2 (29 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	375,463
• Density	15,644/km2 (40,520/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Panvelkar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	410206/ 410217/ 410208
Telephone code	022
Vehicle registration	MH-46
Civic agency	City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (New Panvel (E) and (W)); Panvel Municipal Council (Panvel)
Website	panvelsearch.com

Panvel (Marathi: पनवेल) is the most populated city in Raigad district in Maharashtra, India. Panvel has also been known as the gateway of Konkan region.

Geography

Panvel is situated on the banks of Panvel Creek. It is also Sorrounded By Mountains From 2 sides .

Demographics

Panvel is the largest and most populated city in Raigad district. The city is the headquarters of the Panvel sub-division of Raigad district, which is the largest in the district as per number of villages (564) and also Panvel taluka which has 177 villages under it. The development authority of Panvel is the Panvel Municipal Council (PMC) and that of New Panvel is City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). Panvel Located on Mumbai Bangalore Highway(NH 4). The villages of Panvel come under the purview of Raigad Zilla Parishad.

Weather

Weather is humid across the year. There is heavy rain during monsoon.

History

Panvel is about 300 years old, developed around trade routes (both land and sea), during the Mughal rule and hence after by the Marathas, British and the Portuguese. Once upon a time Panvel was famous for its rice market. Panvel Municipal Council (PMC) was established in the year 1852, and is the oldest municipal council of Maharashtra. Panvel Municipal Council's elections started in the year 1910. The first mayor of the PMC was Mr. Yusuf Noor Mohammed Master for the year 1910 - 1916. The sesquicentennial anniversary (150th anniversary) of the PMC was celebrated in the year 2002. The city prospered and grew due to the influence of large scale trade by land and sea. This was characterised by the large palace-like homes that came up during the Peshwa period. It is also said that old name of this city was Paneli (Panelim in Konkani). There were historic cannons (during the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) situated on Panvel port. And today it is a quite developed into a city.

Location

New Panvel

The recent developments of Panvel are in New Panvel. New Panvel is developed, administered, and maintained by CIDCO. Though residents of New Panvel elect a representative in the Panvel Municipal Council, the Municipal Council does not control or manage any administrative or development activity in New Panvel.

The development of New Panvel was initiated in 1970 to meet the housing requirements of employees working in the nearby industrial MIDC areas such as Taloja, Rasayani, Patalganga & Pen.

New Panvel is strategically located on the eastern side of the Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway (NH-4) and the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. It is well connected to rest of India by road and railway.

New Panvel is divided in two parts – New Panvel East and New Panvel West (commonly known as Khanda Colony). They have 19 and 23 sectors respectively.

New Panvel is just adjacent to the proposed Navi Mumbai International airport. A Reliance SEZ is also coming up in the vicinity. It has a number of schools, colleges and hospitals to meet the needs of its residents.

Education

It is home to many educational institutes like

Mahatma Education Society's Mahatma School of Academics & Sports and Mahatma International School,Khanda Colony.
Barns High School & College of Arts, Science & Commerce.
Pillais Institute of Information Technology, Engineering, Media Studies & Research
St. Josephs High School(SSC Board),Sector-7,New Panvel (EAST)
St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School(CBSE Board),Sector-11,New Panvel (WEST)
Changu Kana Thakur School and Jr College
DAV Public School
New Horizon Public School
Konkan Education society's V. K. High School(Vithoba Khandappa), Panvel
Konkan Education society's K. V. Kanya High School(Kesahvaji Viraji), Panvel
MPASC(Mahatma Phule Arts, Science & Commerce) College Panvel
Takale's Vidnyan Gurukul, Shirdhon, Panvel
St Marys School- Sukhapur New Panvel
St George School-Adhia Village
Huda School-Panvel
Yakub Baig High School-Panvel
The Buddhist International School New Panvel
K. A. Banthia High School, New Panvel
Dr.Pillai's International School,Sector-7,New Panvel (WEST)

Industries

Panvel is surrounded by some major Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) managed regions like Patalganga, Taloja, Nagothane, Roha, Khopoli, Bhiwandi. Some of the Indian industry majors like Larsen & Toubro Limited, Reliance, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd., ONGC, IPCL are based around Panvel providing mass employment. The JNPT port is also located near Panvel. New SEZ declared by government are coming around Panvel.

Restaurant

PANVEL

Sagar Hotel (Payal Hotel)
Hotel Geetanjali
Hotel Ketki
Status
Peace Park
Vrindavan
Suruchi
Panvel Palace
Adarsh
Hotel Bharat
Captain Cooks
Garden Hotel
Tawa Restaurant

NEW PANVEL

Neel Kamal
Padma
Shabari
Khandesh
Mamta
L'auberge Restaurant
Siciliano
Kiba Fine Dine
Desi Tadka

Eateries

Shashi Wadapaw - Takka Petrolpump (Panvel)
Anna Wadapaw & Idli - Near Rupali Talkies (Panvel)
Waghe's Wadapaw - Line Ali (Panvel)
Bhushan Pawbhaji - Shivaji Chowk (Panvel)
Pooja Juice Center - Near Gune Hospital (Panvel)

Bismillah hotel - musalman naka

Tourist places around Panvel

Karnala fort

Karnala fort is a hill fort in Raigad district about 10 km from Panvel city. Currently it is a protected place lying within the Karnala Bird Sanctuary. It was a fort of strategic importance as it overlooked the Bor pass which connected the Konkan coast to the interior of Maharashtra (Vidharba)^[1] and was the main trade route between these areas. It lies between Pen and Panvel near Shirdhon village. The fort is 370 m above mean sea level.

Karnala bird sanctuary

At the bottom of the fort there is a famous Karnala Bird Sanctuary Karnala is 65 km away from Mumbai, 120 km away from Pune and 13 km away from Panvel. The sanctuary is around 25 m above mean sea level. Maharashtra government declared this 4.5 km region as the bird sanctuary in 1968-69. Rich with natural habitats for various kinds of birds, in the sanctuary one can find around 150 species of birds. One can watch for red vented bulbul, Indian grey hornbill, owl, paradise fly catcher.

Shirdhon

Vasudeo Balwant Phadke was born on 1845-11-04 in Shirdhon village of Panvel taluka based in Raigad district in Maharashtra state. The house and his belongings are preserved over there.

Gadeshwar dam

Gadeshwar Reservoir

Gadeshwar dam is a nice place during the monsoon when the dam overflows. The place can be reached by entering New Panvel and via the Sukhapur-Nere road. The villages and farms with the Matheran hills on the background are a treat to watch. People who love trekking can reach Matheran from the Nere route. Panvel is also famous for watermelons which can be found abundantly in and around the city and the old Mumbai-Poona highway.

Matheran

Matheran is a hill station and a municipal council in the Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a hill station in Karjat Tahsil and is also the smallest hill station in India. It is located on the Western Ghats range at an elevation of around 800 m (2,625 feet) above sea level. It is located around 90 km from Mumbai, and 120 km from Pune. Matheran's proximity to many metropolitan cities makes it a popular weekend getaway for urban residents. The Matheran Mountain can be easily viewed from certain areas in Panvel. The name Matheran means "forest on the forehead" (of the mountains).^[2]

Bet El Synagogue

The one of the only synagogue in the Panvel is one of the most well known religious place where both Jews and Non Jews do visit, is today's well known tourist place and is the part of the Indian heritage and tourist place. Situated on M.G Road, Panvel

Ballaleshwar Pali

Ballaleshwar (lit.: "Ballal's Lord") temple is one of the eight temples of Lord Ganesha. Among Ganesha temples, Ballaleshwar is the only incarnation of Ganesha that is known by his devotee's name. It is located in the village of Pali which is at a distance of 30 km from Karjat in the Raigad district. It is situated between fort Sarasgad and the river Amba.^[3]this is 11 km.from nagothane.

Varadvinayak, Mahad

Varadvinayak, also spelt as Varadavinayaka, is one of the Ashtavinayak temples of the Hindu deity Ganesha. It is located in Mahad village situated in Khalapur taluka near Karjat and Khopoli of Raigad District, Maharashtra, India. The temple was built (restored) by Peshwa General Ramji Mahadev Biwalkar in 1725AD. There is a NMMT bus no. 58 from Vashi to Khopoli which halts at Mahad. ^[4]

Transport

Panvel is an important junction point as many major highways meet and pass through the city. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Sion-Panvel Expressway, NH 4B and NH 17 start from here while NH 4 passes through Panvel. Roads of New Panvel are maintained by CIDCO while those in Panvel by PMC. New Panvel, being developed by CIDCO, has well planned and wide lane major roads and even the arterial roads are of two lanes. Panvel has relatively less maintained roads which are very congested due to lack of planning on part of the PMC.

Proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport

The Navi Mumbai International Airport, which is to come up around the Panvel-Kopra area, would be built through public-private partnership (PPP) — with private sector partner getting 74% equity while Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Maharashtra government through CIDCO holding 13% each. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has already given techno-feasibility clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport and central cabinet has cleared it. The project is at global tendering stage.

Railway

Panvel railway station is one of the most important junctions on the Konkan Railway. Harbour line from Mumbai CST, central line from Diva / Karjat, western freight corridor from JNPT and the konkan railway line from Mangalore meet at Panvel. Panvel railway station comes under Mumbai division of central railway. Panvel is the terminating station of Mumbai railway's harbour line. Also, Konkan railway connecting Mumbai to south India passes through Panvel. Platforms 1,2,3 & 4 are for suburban trains while platforms 5,6 & 7 are for main line trains. 9 pairs of daily express trains, 13 pairs of non-daily express trains and 12 daily commuter (passenger) trains stop here. Also, the Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Duronto has a technical halt at Panvel for crew change, refueling and catering. In addition, Panvel handles 116 suburban trains which go to destinations Mumbai CST, Wadala Road, Andheri and Thane. The station also handles a sizeable amount of freight trains. Panvel is a very major station and is considered equivalent to Mumbai for trains which skip Mumbai. The trains run on diesel traction and alternating current (the tracks to konkan are not electrified south of Panvel), and Panvel is a refueling point for their locomotives. In addition to refueling, Panvel has a huge number of parcel bookings, and most trains stop for periods varying from 5 minutes to 20 minutes for technical purposes. Panvel also handles crew and locomotive change for long distance passenger / freight trains.

Auto rickshaw

There are many auto rickshaws in Panvel though the minimum fare is Rs. 10 if traveled in sharing autos otherwise the minimum fare is Rs 20 as compared to Rs. 15 in other parts of Navi Mumbai, Mumbai & Thane. There is NO FARE chart defined by RTO for Panvel compared to Navi Mumbai.

Bus

There are two main bus stands in Panvel - ST stand on the national highway & NMMT stand near railway station. The ST buses are available from Panvel to Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Dombivli, Badlapur, Dadar, Uran as well as beyond city. NMMT buses are available from Panvel to Thane and Vashi. NMMT buses are available from Panvel to Dadar.

NMMT/KDMT/KMT	Route No.	Route
NMMT	50	Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Panvel Rly Stn
NMMT	103	Panvel Rly Stn to Hindmata Parel
NMMT	24	Panvel Railway Station(East) to Thane(CIDCO Bus Stop)
KDMT	20	Panvel Railway Station to Kalyan Railway Station(via Utsane)
KDMT	70	Panvel Railway Station to Dombivali Railway Station
KMT		Khopoli to Vashi Bus Station
NMMT	75	Panvel Railway Station to Sai Nagar

References

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↑ Ballaleshwar
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External links

panvelcity.com website for locals
Local Guide to Panvel. (includes maps, Yellow Pages, forum, events, photos, polls, clubs etc.)
The Gazetters Department: Panvel
CST-Panvel Harbour Line Train timetable
Real Estate Development in Panvel

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