Kalwa is a small town on the outskirts of the India

India

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n city of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. Kalwa is also a railway station

Kalwa railway station

Kalwa is railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway....

 on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban railway. It is located in northern Thane

Thane

Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...

 and is a suburb of the Thane city. Kalwa comes under the Thane Municipal Corporation

Thane Municipal Corporation

The Thane Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consists of democratically-elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police...

. The Kalwa bridge links Kalwa and Thane city.

Kalwa has also been an important industrial hub in the city of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. The massive industrialization around the Belapur Road, passing through Kalwa has supposedly turned it into one of the biggest industrial and manufacturing hubs in India. The important old Mumbai-pune highway passes through Kalwa. The leading industrial product exported from this town are fuel filters for Ford Motor Corporation.

Like many or rather most small time towns in India, Kalwa ornaments itself with numerous big and small temples. The town hosts Shooting Ball Tournaments every year on Maharashtra Day (May 1). Many players from this town and nearby area have represented at the State and National level in this game.

Location

31 km North East of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 on the western coast of India.
Also close to Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai...

 Airoli

Airoli

Airoli is the fifth most developed residential suburb of Navi Mumbai. It is connected to Navi Mumbai's most developed neighborhoods, Vashi and Nerul with city bus and local train services...

node via the Thane-Belapur road TB road for short. Kalwa is situated between Parsik hills on East and Thane Creek on West side.