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, Maharashtra

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 India

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. For the place in Delhi

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, see Tilak Nagar (Delhi).

Tilak Nagar is a residential colony in suburban 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...

. There is also a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai suburban railway by this name.

It was planned and built in the 1960s as a lower-middle-class colony, chiefly composed of chawls. The colony is now getting a facelift as the chawls are being pulled down to be replaced with residential high-rises and towers. There is also increased commercial development in the colony over the last decade. Tilak Nagar has lavish gardens and playgrounds. It is famous for its Ganpati festivals.

Geography

Earlier a calm and quiet locality with ample open spaces, haphazard construction of new buildings in every open space has resulted in a congested locality with few open spaces. The colony is bounded by Shell Colony to the south, Vidyavihar

Vidyavihar

Vidyavihar is a suburb of Mumbai. It has a railway station with the same name on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line.-History:...

 to the north, Pestom Sagar to its east and New Tilak Nagar and Kurla

Kurla

Kurla is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai...

 to its west. It was formerly known as "Township colony". New Tilak Nagar is also a colony situated neighbouring to Tilak Nagar. Postal codes for Tilak Nagar are 400089.

Educational institutions

• Lokmanya Tilak High School
  Lokmanya Tilak High School
  Lokmanya Tilak High School, , is an English medium school located in Tilak Nagar, Chembur in Mumbai, India. It is affiliated to Maharashtra SSC Board, began operating in 1967, drawing its students mainly from middle class families in the area around Tilak Nagar...
  
  
• Holy Family High School
• Aamchi Shaala
• Saraswati Mahavidyalaya

Shopping, Entertainment and More in Tilak Nagar

For entertainment one can go to a theater called Sahakar Plaza.In past few years the infrastructure has improved in Tilak Nagar with a flyover and landscaping of parks and playgrounds.

Ganpati Celebrations

A Lot of Religious programmes are held here regularly witnessing a lot of Audiences from nearby areas of Chembur

Chembur

Chembur is a suburban neighbourhood in eastern Mumbai, India. It is 22 km from downtown Mumbai and 20 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport...

 and 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...

.Tilak Nagar is famous for it Ganpati decorations of its pandals.

Recreation

Tilak Nagar has 3 major playgrounds namely Sahyadri ground, Municipal ground (Lal maidan), and Om Shiv Sai ground (OSS) in New Tilak Nagar. There is also a theater called Sahakar Plaza in the neighborhood.

Transportation

Autorickshaws, BEST buses and trains are the public modes of transport available in Tilak Nagar. The colony is serviced by the Harbour line of the Central Railway via the Tilak Nagar station. The stations of Vidyavihar and Chembur

Chembur

Chembur is a suburban neighbourhood in eastern Mumbai, India. It is 22 km from downtown Mumbai and 20 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport...

 are also in close proximity. The access to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus , formerly known as Kurla Terminus , is a railhead in a suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway...

(Kurla Terminus) is also via Tilak Nagar station.