Naringi is a village in the city of
Virar
Virar (Pronunciation: ‹iɾaɾ is a coastal city in taluka Vasai and district of Palghar, India. It is clubbed into Vasai-Virar city, administered by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies in south part of Palghar District in Vasai Taluka ...
, in the state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India.
Geography
Naringi is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet). The climate of the village is
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
. During Summer, the humidity level is very high and in winter the climate is almost always dry. Naringi falls in a region of high to very high rainfall often experiencing devastating rainfall in the
monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...
period of June to September, every year.
Administration
Narangi falls under the jurisdiction of
Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) is the civic body that governs areas and villages in Vasai-Virar taluka in Maharashtra, India comprising the most populated part of Palghar district. According to the 2011 census, it is the fifth lar ...
, a recently formed civic body in the region. Narangi comes under Ward 5 of the corporation. The corporator of the region is Dr. Vasant Mangela, a candidate of the
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (English: ''Bahujan Development Front'') is a regional political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra. It was originally known as ''Vasai Vikas Aaghadi''. The party is lead and founded by Hitendra Thakur who was a ...
, who is also a social worker and Chairman of the Jai Bhavani Reti Utpadak Cooperative Society, which is an organisation of traditional sand-lifters fighting against the use of suction pumps used in
sand-mining
Sand mining is the extraction of sand, mainly through an open pit (or sand pit) but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river beds. Sand is often used in manufacturing, for example as an abrasive or in concret ...
.
Demography
The people living in Narangi, are mostly the Mangela community. The etymology of the word 'Mangela' comes from the words ''Mang'', meaning fishing nets in the
Marathi language
Marathi (; ''MarÄá¹hÄ«'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state o ...
and ''Ela'' meaning people. Literally, the word means a fisherman, and the Mangela
Koli
Koli may refer to:
Places
* Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland
* Koli National Park, a national park in Finland
* Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
* Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific
Other uses
* Koli people ...
are a community of Koli fishermen.
Education
* Adarsh Pre-primary and Primary School
Sports
Narangi has a huge cricket ground in its west end. It is named as 'Jai Bhavani Reti Bandar Cricket Ground'
References
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Villages in Thane district