Mankhurd

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Mankhurd
Suburb
Mankhurd
Coordinates: 19°03′N 72°56′E / 19.05°N 72.93°E / 19.05; 72.9319°03′N 72°56′E / 19.05°N 72.93°E / 19.05; 72.93
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
City	Mumbai
Zone	5
Ward	M
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
• M.L.A	Abu Azmi Samajwadi Party (since 2014)
• M.P.	Manoj Kotak BJP (since 2019)
Population
• Total	674,850
Demonym(s)	Mankhurdakar
Bombaiya Hindi
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code(s)	022

Mankhurd is a suburb in eastern Mumbai, Maharashtra. Mankhurd railway station is on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Geography[]

The Mankhurd suburb is part of and the easternmost boundary of the municipal ward M-East.^[1]

Schools[]

• Kendriya Vidyalaya Mankhurd
• Nutan VidyaMandir,Mankhurd.

Government institutions[]

The Navjivan Sudhar Kendra (aka Navjivan Mahila Vustigruh) is a shelter for rescued women (women rescued by the police during raids in bars and brothels). The inmates are sheltered here pending the resolution of their respective cases in civil and criminal courts. This institution has been in the news recently when 17 inmates escaped from the shelter.^[2] In the subsequent investigation by both government and media agencies, the administration of the shelter has been thoroughly criticised. A report by a Mumbai High Court-appointed committee calls it "a living hell".^[3]

See also[]

• Govandi
• Lalubhai Compound
• Deonar dumping ground
• Mankhurd railway station

References[]

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