Neral, India

Neral
नेरळ
Town

Neral - Payarmal
Neral
Coordinates: 19°01′28.57″N 73°18′56.58″E / 19.0246028°N 73.3157167°E / 19.0246028; 73.3157167Coordinates: 19°01′28.57″N 73°18′56.58″E / 19.0246028°N 73.3157167°E / 19.0246028; 73.3157167
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Raigad
Government
 • Type Gram Panchayat
 • Body Neral Gram Panchayat
Elevation 40 m (130 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 25,265
 • Density 368/km2 (950/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration MH - 46

Neral is a town in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.[1][2] It is 83 km from Mumbai in the Karjat tehsil. Neral is a place which is the center between Mumbai and Pune, Neral has State Highway which is connecting to Karjat, NH4, Panvel and Badlapur, people who visits Neral from Mumbai take the via. Panvel route which is more better, faster and easy to drive.

It is best known as a railroad junction, with trains arriving from Mumbai and from Pune to the nearby and very popular hill station of Matheran. A narrow-gauge rail line, 21 km long, ("toy train") runs from Neral to Matheran. Nearest major towns are Badlapur and Karjat.

The heavy rains on 26 July 2005 ruined the rail tracks and it had stopped operating,but the train has successfully started operating from 5 March 2007. The other option available to reach Matheran is to take a taxi to a certain point (called Dasturi naka) just before Matheran city boundary, beyond which one may proceed only on foot or on horseback

Geography

Neral is located at 19°02′N 73°19′E / 19.03°N 73.32°E / 19.03; 73.32. It has an average elevation of 40 metres (131 feet).

Matheran Toy Train

The world famous Matheran - Neral Toy Train departs from Neral Station.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Neral (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ 2011 Census Village code = 909444, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Neral Gram Panchayat, Karjat, Raigad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
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