Charkop

Charkop's original name is 'Char Khop'( चार खोप ) meaning a place of 4 huts or a small village with four houses in Marathi. Koli people or the fishermen are considered to be the indigenous residents of Charkop. Charkop was originally a marshy land surrounded by mangroves, drained by the MHADA to provide low-cost housing to people. The project was originally intended to provide society-based plots around 250 square feet (23 m²) to every owner. This ownership was established by having a lottery and allotting lottery numbers. The next step was to provide all necessary civil amenities, which MHADA has provided to full effect. After the year 2000, Charkop had gradually established itself in the metropolitan fold of Mumbai due to its close proximity to both Kandivali and Borivali suburbs. Charkop has been divided into 9 sectors.

The area is well connected to the Kandivli, Borivli and Malad suburbs by a number of BEST buses and public transport like Autorickshaws, Taxis, and Share Taxis. Nearest local railway station is Kandivali railway station. Nearest railway station for long-distance trains is Borivali railway station. Ferry ride to the opposite side of Gorai Creek is available from nearby Gorai.

Charkop Bus Station is known as Prabodhankar Thakre Nagar Bus Station : Most frequently used BEST Bus routes are:

• Route 276 to Charkop Sector Number 8 and Route 239 to Charkop Sector Number 9 : From Kandivli Station (West).
• Route 244 via Jay Ganga Bus Stop Charkop Sector 2, Route 246 via Indian Education Society Bus Stop Charkop Sector 2 and Route 277 via Sector 6 : Borivli station West to Kandivli station West.
• Route 245 : P Thakre Nagar Bus Station Charkop to Kandar Pada Bus Station, Dahisar, Mumbai Via Borivli station.
• Route 206 : Gorai Depot to I.C. Colony, via P Thakre Bus Station, Sahyadri Nagar, Kandivli Station West, S.V. Road, Borivli Station West.
• Route 269 : Borivli Station West to Madh Jetty via Charkop.
• Route 345 : Santosh Nagar Extension, Dindoshi, Goregaon East to Gorai Depot via Malad Station, Mith Chowky, Charkop Sahyadri Nagar.
• Route 259 from Gorai Depot to Andheri Station West, Route 224 from Borivli Station Road West to Santacruz Depot, Route 79 from Gorai Depot to Mahim : The buses ply on New Link Road from Malad to Andheri.
• Route 460 LTD from Mulund Station West, 461 LTD from Mulund West Check Naka Bus Station, 226 LTD from Barve Nagar, Ghatkopar West : Eastern Suburbs of Hindu Mumbai to Charkop via Jogeshwari–Vikhroli Link Road.
• Route 720 LTD : From Malvani Depot / Gaikwad Nagar, to Bhayander Station East, via Prabodhankar Thakre Nagar Bus Station.

The original inhabitants of Charkop, the Koli people are Hindus. The present demographic of Charkop is a reflection of the cosmopolitan makeup of Mumbai. The region is predominantly Hindu, but there are some people belonging to Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis. Most residents belong to the lower middle-class or middle class. The majority of populace is Marathi-speaking although many people speak their respective languages.

An image of the vast stretch of mangroves at Charkop

Recent tree plantation drive held by concerned residents

Illegal dumping of waste is damaging the mangroves and is not a pleasing site.

Charkop Industrial Estate is a in Kandivali West area, in Mumbai City within Maharashtra, India. It belongs to Konkan region . It is belongs to Konkan Division. Charkop Industrial Estate Pin code is 400067 and postal head office of Kandivali West Zone. It is considered a hub for very famous factories and industries. It is in spreaded in a vast area, before Charkop Village. In Charkop industrial estate area there are several private factories, and industries like IPCA, remsons, l dvngroup, Konel corporation private Limited, tribhovandas bhimji zaveri, aco fans and many more.

Charkop West-View CHS

Aditya Building

Omkaarshri CHS

Silver Presidency

Amit Tower

Mahavir Darshan

Sunrise Charkop

Metro connecting Charkop to Mankhurd is next to follow, after Mumbai Metro One is complete. However, with the operator MMTPL and MMRDA sparring on right of way, the proposed Charkop-Mankhurd metro was sanctioned after a delay. There was also a popular citizen's movement in favour of an underground metro and same views had been echoed by the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chauhan, after inspecting the condition of Mumbai Metro One, whose overground bridges are very close to residential buildings and commercial establishments.

The Line 2, Mumbai Metro is under construction, from Dahisar to Mankhurd via Charkop.

MCGM has planned to create a bird sanctuary to preserve and exhibit the various types of birds that frequent the mangrove areas of Sector 8. However, there are no updates on this project, after this was announced in 2007–08.

• Shree Ekveera High School Sector-1 (One Of The Oldest School In Charkop Initially It Was In Charkop Koliwada Then Shifted to Charkop Sector - 1)
• Indian Education Society High School Sector-2
• Mother Teresa High School Sector-1.
• Oxford Public School Sector-5.
• St.Mary's High School Sector-2
• Kapol Vidyanidhi International School (ICSE), Sector 3
• K B Patil International School at Charkop Sector 8
• Mumbai World High School Sector-1
• Akshara High School, Sector-8
• Sanskar Vidyalaya, sector-5

• Mahavir Nagar (Kandivali)
• Kandivali

This area is developed