Goregaon

Goragoa
—  suburb  —
The Oberoi Mall and Commerz tower (Westin Hotel), Goragoa, Mumbai.
Goragoa Location of Goragoa in Mumbai and India
Coordinates	19°07′N 72°52′E / 19.11°N 72.87°E / 19.11; 72.87Coordinates: 19°07′N 72°52′E / 19.11°N 72.87°E / 19.11; 72.87
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Mumbai Suburban
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Goragoa (Marathi: गोरेगाव pronounced as Goregam or Goregav) is the locality situated at the north of Mumbai . It is a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line.

Bracketed on either side of the railway line by the Western Express Highway and the Linking Road, Goragoa was primarily a middle-class residential neighbourhood. However, the area is now turning into a wealthy suburb. Famous film studios such as Filmistan and Film City are located here.

Goragoa has three major bus depots. The Bus Depot is located in Goragoa East and the Goragoa Bus Station is located at Goragoa West, and is right next to the railway station. Goragoa Bus Depot is further way and closer to Oshiwara Bus Depot.

Till the late 1970s, the suburb was sparsely populated with residential localities which sprung up in Nagars like Unnat Nagar Vibhag 1 to 4, Jawahar Nagar, Motilal Nagar, Bangur Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Siddharth Nagar, BEST Colony, Piramal Nagar, Mahesh Nagar in the West and Wadis like Pandurang wadi and Jaiprakash Nagar on the East.

The Eastern boundary of the suburb was effectively the Western Express Highway after which the picturesque Aarey Milk Colony offered its forested charm to the region.

The housing boom of the 80s saw the expansion in terms of real estate and population density. On the East, newer areas such as Dindoshi, Gokuldham, Yashodham, Saibaba Complex, Film City Road, etc. and on the West, Bangur Nagar, Lokhandwala Complex (now considered a separate suburb) and Link Road were the development hubs. The rail and road infrastructure was stretched as it did not expand.

Besides the above, Goregaon (E) also is home to the recently developed area known as New Dindoshi consisting of the Nagari Nivara Parishad (popularly known as NNP), a housing scheme for the lower middle class. There are more than 30,000 people living at NNP distributed between two zones. These are one of the best housing schemes provided by government.

Despite this, the suburb still maintains its charm in the older pockets with shady trees lining the roads which are relatively well maintained.

Gokuldham in Goregaon (East)

Early history

Dindoshi

What is now known as Goragoa Suburb is a conglomeration of Four Villages Pahadi, Goregaon, Aarey and Eksar. Goregaon got the Railway Station as early as in 1862. The suburb was one of the Four Railway Stations between Borivali and Grant Road. However, it was known as Pahadi or Pare.^[1] Name of the Railway Station was changed subsequently as people were getting confused in Pahadi and Paradi, a Railway Station in South Gujarat on BB&CI (now Western Railway). In fact even today on official records, one can see the name of tehasil as Pahadi Goregaon.

The prime land under Mango and Guava Plantation owned by Topiwala Desai family was taken over by Maharashtra government and handed over to Housing Board Mumbai sometime in 1950's.

Goregaon is named after Mr Gore who was an old resident of Goregaon. After his death, his wife Mrinal Gore, is still working for providing drinking water for his area. There are two trusts which are known as Gore trusts.

Schools

• A. B. Goregaonkar English High School
• Adarsh School
• Ashatai Gawankar Primary School
• Bangur Nagar High School
• Gokuldham High School
• Goregaon English School
• I. B. Patel High School
• Jawahar High School
• Kuldeepsingh Diwan High School
• Lakshadham High School
• M. N. English School
• M. T. S. Khalsa High School
• Maharashtra School
• Mount Mary High School
• Nandadeep Vidyalaya School
• Oberoi International School
• Pradnya Bodhini High School
• Royal Academy
• Sanmitra Mandal Vidya Mandir
• Sanskardham High School
• Shishu Sadan High School
• Shri Radhakrishna Vidyalaya
• Sir. B. J. Girl's School
• St. John High School
• St. Thomas Academy
• St. Thomas High School
• Universal English School
• Urmi Surgeon High School
• Vibgyor High School
• Vidya Mandir High School
• Vidya Niketan
• Vivek Vidyalaya
• Yashodham High School

Colleges

• Kuldeep Singh Dewan Junior College
• M. T. S. Junior College
• Pandurang Night School & Junior College
• Patkar College
• Sanskardham Junior College of Science & Commerce
• St. Pius College
• St. Thomas Junior College
• Vidya Vikas Junior College of Science & Commerce
• Vivek College

See also

Goregaon
Next station south: Jogeshwari	Mumbai Suburban Railway : Western Line			Next station north: Malad
	Stop No: 18	KM from starting: 29.56	Platforms: 5

References

1. ^ "History of the Church". http://stthomaschurch.in/site/parish/history-of-the-church/. 

External links

• Rashmi Thakrey visit to Goregaon
• Goregaoninfo.com - Information wrapped with Entertainment
• Goregaonkar - Celebrating the Spirit of Goregaon
• Short info on Gokuldham as a hot property in Mid-day newspaper