Thakur village

Thakur Village is a densely populated residential locality in Kandivali, Mumbai, India. It is located to the east of the Western Express Highway, which is part of the National Highway 8.
Urban development.
As a part of rapid urban development in this locality, a significant number of residential complexes were constructed here since the early 1990s. The area is broadly divided into two distinct categories of housing complexes: the high-rises and the low-rises.
The high-rises (20+ floors) include Viceroy Savana, TW Gardens, Evershine Crown, Gundecha Premiere, Gundecha Greens, Thakur Jewel, Gokul Gagan, Vishnu Shivam Tower, Gokul Concorde, Challengers, Oberoi Gardens, Oberoi Park View, Viceroy Park, Evershine Millenium Paradise Halley 47-49, Raheja Reflections Phase 2. There are also various new buildings in construction currently, as of 2021.
The low-rises include Vasant Sagar and Vasant Utsav which are very famous for dozens of shops under it where people come to hangout, as these places have numerous eateries too. They also include Evershine Millennium Paradise except for Halley 47-49, Gundecha Valley of Flowers, Viceroy Court, Raheja Reflections Phase 1, NG Suncity, and Bhoomi Valley. These eight complexes put together cover most of the land area of Thakur Village, and house most of the middle-class population. Of these, Evershine Millennium Paradise is the largest, with 75 buildings having nearly 2400 housing units.
There are also a handful of single low-rise buildings (not complexes). These lack basic society amenities like clubhouse, pool etc, but are also priced lower than their upscale neighbors. These include but aren’t limited to: Gundecha Sunflower, Gaurav Shikhar, Mahadev, ISM House, Mineral House, Shree Ganesh Aangan, Vasundhara, Bhoomi Hills, Hill View Park, Techno Park I-II, Kelipada, Laxmi Sadan, Thakur Aspire, and Tirupathi the Windsor.
Connectivity.
The area boasts excellent internal and external connectivity. It is located on the busy Western Express Highway, which becomes the NH8 (Mumbai-Ahmedabad) outside Mumbai city limits. There are two approaches from the highway: one at the Mahindra and Mahindra junction, and the other at Magathane Telephone Exchange. Both approaches have flyovers / underpass which makes entry and exit very easy.
It is equidistant from Kandivali and Borivali railway stations which fall on the Western Railway's suburban section. Almost all outstation trains on the Western Railway stop at Borivali.
The domestic and international airports can also be reached quickly due to the proximity to the highway. Mumbai-Pune Shivneri Volvo buses operated by MSRTC can also be boarded from the nearby Sukurwadi or Nancy Colony bus depots.
The area is well serviced by the public transport buses operated by BEST. Route 287 connects the area to Kandivali station and routes 209, 629 and 703 to Borivali station. Route 223 is a fairly long-distance route that runs along the Link Road and connects to the business hub of Mindspace and the Bollywood hub of Andheri Lokhandwala.
Air-conditioned buses operated by BEST and NMMT provide direct connectivity to the business districts like NKP (Nirlon Knowledge Park, Goregaon), SEEPZ, Hiranandani-Harsh Mulchandani (Powai), BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex), Worli, Cuffe Parade, Backbay, MBP (Millennium Business Park, Airoli) and CBD Belapur.
Internally, a 120-foot wide cement-concrete (CC) road acts as the traffic backbone of the area. Besides this, the area is well serviced by a network of inter-connected roads, cross-roads and lanes.
From 10 July 2013, MSRTC has started the Shivneri Corporate bus service from Thakur Village to BKC. The promotional fare is priced at Rs. 100.
Citizen Activism.
Thakur Village Residents' Forum- an open and voluntary group of residents from Thakur Village, implemented a "Say no to plastic bags & Carry your own Cloth Bag" policy from 1 November 2017 whereby the local vegetable and other roadside-vendors were individually educated about the dangers of plastic bags and were requested to refrain from giving plastic bags to their customers. This is an ongoing initiative spearheaded by the volunteers of the Residents' Forum that also includes interacting with customers and informing them of this Initiative, distributing cloth-bags and keeping a close eye on the usage of plastic bags in the area on a regular basis. This purely voluntary but impactful initiative has received its fair share of media coverage through Mumbai Mirror, Zee Marathi etc. and has been hailed by all Mumbaikars with Citizens' Forums from some other parts of Mumbai getting in touch with Thakur Village Residents' Forum wanting to learn from their experience before starting a similar initiative in their respective areas. The slogan of this Initiative is " Soch Sayaani " which translates to "Clever Thought". A Hindi version of the Soch Sayani song has already been released and work on the Marathi and Kannada version is currently on. The Thakur Village Residents' Forum hopes to transform this initiative into a movement- a movement run by citizens for citizens with the help of citizens.
Community newspaper.
"Neighbourhood Times", Kandivali East's weekly community newspaper, was launched on 17 February 2011. It covers local issues, events and news.
Medical.
Suburban Diagnostics, a large diagnostic center, is located opposite Thakur College with multiple facilities. 
Sarodev Orthopaedic Hospital and Rehabilitation centre is an orthopaedic hospital located in the nearby Thakur Complex.
Ayurvedic Treatments like Panchkarma are available at clinics in the vicinity like Spandan Ayurved. Many Ayurvedic medicine stores are also in the area.
Economy.
A number of banks have their branches and 24-hour ATMs in Thakur Village, which include HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Andhra Bank, Indian Bank, Karnataka Bank, Allahabad Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Saraswat Bank, Pratap Co-operative Bank, Federal Bank, State Bank Of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Kotak Mahindra Bank (previously ING Vysya Bank).
IndusInd Bank and Union Bank of India have stand-alone ATMs (no branches). It also has an estimated worth of 3 billion dollars according to BMC report. Second highest after andheri
Sports.
There are a number of gardens, sports grounds and play parks in Thakur village, which include Evershine Dream Park, Thakur Jogger's Park, Lucky Jogger's Park, Viceroy Jogger's Park, Evershine Jogger's Park, Thakur Cricket Ground and Stadium and Thakur Engineering College Ground.
Education.
The area is an education hub and is known for a number of educational institutions located here, mostly founded by the Thakur Educational Group. These institutions include Thakur College of Science and Commerce, founded in 1992; Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, founded in 2001; Thakur Institute of Management Studies and Research, founded in 2002; Thakur Public School and Thakur Shyamnarayan School. Other schools include the Gundecha Education Academy, Chatrabhuj Narsee School and Oxford International school.