Vile Parle

Vile Parle (IPA: [ˈʋile ˈpaɾle]), is a suburb of Mumbai. Vile Parle is also the name of the railway station in this suburb. Vile Parle has a significantly strong base of Marathi and Gujarati population. The name "Vile Parle" has been derived from the names of two small but old temples: Virleshwar and Parleshwar. It serves as the location of the first Parle factory. It houses Mumbai's Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport's Domestic Terminal.

Geography

Vile Parle is divided into two parts: Vile Parle (East) and Vile Parle (West) separated by the western railway line. The east-west boundaries of Vile Parle are from Juhu (West) to Sahar, Santacruz (East). The north boundary is Andheri and Santa Cruz (South). Vile Parle is also connected to JVPD scheme (Juhu Vile Parle Development scheme).

Famous residents of Vile Parle & Demographics

The local indigenous inhabitants are Maharashtrians, Gujaratis, and East Indian Catholics.

Economy

Vile Parle has now become a second major education center after Churchgate to Charni Road area with the establishment and growth of a huge educational complex financed by the Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal and Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association. Thus, at all hours of the day you see a constant flow of students into and out of Vile Parle.

Vile Parle (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vile Parle Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: विले पार्ले विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Vile Parle (constituency number 167) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. The The number of electors in 2009 was 272,381 (male 145,088, female 127,293).

Vile Parle is part of the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Kalina, Chandivali, Kurla, Vandre West and Vandre East in the Mumbai Suburban district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Janata Party     JNP(S)     Independent     Shiv Sena     BJP  

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2004

Assembly Elections 2009

Assembly Elections 2014

See also

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