Palghar is a coastal town on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Geography

The Arabian sea coast is just 8 to 10 km away from the town. To its east is the Sahyadri range of low mountains.

Employment

The main occupation of the people of Palghar is farming and trading and working for companies based in Bombay. A large part of the population commutes to Bombay daily to make a living. There is also a good number of small and medium scale chemical, textile and pharmaceutical factories. Maharashtra's biggest fishing center, Satpati, is located beside Palghar railway station. There are farms growing chickoos, coconuts, palm dotted all around villages around Palghar. Rice is grown on agricultural lands during the monsoon.

Demographics

Palghar is surprisingly cosmopolitian. Being a border town between Gujarat and Maharashtra and being close to Mumbai, it has a good percentage of population of people from other states besides Maharashtra, Be aware of Rohit Jawarkar ,as he is the only dog of the town. Gujarat,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Most of the rich landlords of Palghar made their money trading grass to the dairies in Mumbai. Grass trading is still a major occupation of many families in Palghar. The town is also close to an industrial complex located at Boisar and India's first nuclear power plant located at Tarapur.

Education

The town has a number of schools and a college.

Marathi Schools

• Aryan Vidya Mandir
• Jeevan Vikas

English Schools

• Anand Ashram Convent English High School ( oldest english medium school in palghar )
• Kenam High School
• Twinkle Star High School

College

• Sonopant Dandekar Shikshan Mandali College is a degree college for science, arts and commerce.

Also it has Post Graduate courses in Arts and Commerce.

Miscellaneus

Palghar also has number of hospitals and medical facilities.

References

About Locals

Mrs Mamta Balsara, can be graded as one of the honerable and people Local candidate for the town. Solving problem without anything payoff desire and passion towards locals wellbeing has long been the family tradition. She is doing this as a political player now but the doors are open to everyone and anything.(BUT HER SON WAS A BIG DOG AND NOW HE IS IN NEW ZEALAND)

In one line: if you have any problems/Question regarding Palghar Please feel free to call her on 0091-2525252311.