Shimpoli

Shimpoli Road is a locality in suburban Mumbai, located in the western suburb of Borivali. It is a 15 minute walk from the Borivali Railway Station. It has seen an extra-ordinary growth in population in the 00s. Many new residential complexes has come up in Shimpoli. The area is mostly dominated by Marathi people although there is a large Gujarati population. Many commercial places have also come up all over the place thanks to the burgeoning population. A new mall called as "Dreamz Mall" is also coming up in the locality.

Shimpoli road has a MTNL telephone exchange which mostly controls telecom in Borivali (West). The "Shyamaprasad Mookherjee Flyover" is situated very near to Shimpoli road thus Borivali (East) is at a walkable distance. The Shimpoli road stretches from the S.V.Road to the Chickoowadi, which is a highly affluent residential locality. A number of restaurants and fast food corners have come up in Shimpoli road as well.

Shimpoli started out as a small village community which has now receded to a corner of the locality to accommodate the highriseapartment blocks.

Malls

* Dreamz Mall (under construction)

Offices

* MTNL Regional Office, Shimpoli
* Reliance Energy Accounts Department, Shimpoli

Residential Buildings

* Satyam (Rayanigram Group)
* Shivam (Rayanigram Group)
* Sundaram (Rayanigram Group)
* Sadachar (Rayanigram Group)
* Sadvichar(Rayanigram Group)
* Samarpan (Rayanigram Group)
* Sarjan (Rayanigram Group)
* Shimpoli Darshan

Restaurants

* Veg Treat I
* Dwarka
* Malwan Haisar
* The Salute

Gymnasiums

* The Fitness Lounge

Educational Institutions

* Gokhale Education Society aka Gokhale High School

References

*Mumbai Yellow Pages, TATA Press 2006
*Mumbai Info, Pingale Publications, 2005