Charkop is a locality in the suburb of
Kandivali
Kandivali (Pronunciation: aːn̪d̪iʋəliː formerly Khandolee is a neighbourhood in the north of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and has a large Marathi and Koli population followed by Gujarati population living in small areas. The area also ...
(West), North
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
. Charkop's original name is 'Char Khop'( चार खोप ) meaning a place of 4 huts or a small village with four houses in
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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Koli people
The Koli is an Indian caste found in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir states in India. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas they ...
or the fishermen are considered to be the indigenous residents of Charkop.
Charkop is the one of the oldest localities in
Kandivali
Kandivali (Pronunciation: aːn̪d̪iʋəliː formerly Khandolee is a neighbourhood in the north of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and has a large Marathi and Koli population followed by Gujarati population living in small areas. The area also ...
, comprising nine residential sectors.
It also has an industrial sector consisting of the house of
Associated Capsules Private Ltd.,
IPCA Laboratories
Ipca Laboratories Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai, India.
Background
It produces Theo bromine, Acetylthiophene, and P-Bromo Toluene as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Ipca sells these APIs ...
,
Bhooj Adda and many other major industries.
Demographics
![Charkop Tree Plantation](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Charkop_Tree_Plantation.JPG)
See also
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Mahavir Nagar (Kandivali)
Kandivali (Pronunciation: aːn̪d̪iʋəliː formerly Khandolee is a neighbourhood in the north of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and has a large Marathi and Koli population followed by Gujarati population living in small areas. The area also ...
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Kandivali
Kandivali (Pronunciation: aːn̪d̪iʋəliː formerly Khandolee is a neighbourhood in the north of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and has a large Marathi and Koli population followed by Gujarati population living in small areas. The area also ...
References
{{Mumbai metropolitan area
Suburbs of Mumbai