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Ambernath
City Mumbai Metropolitan City
Shiv Mandir, Ambernath
Ambernath Location of Ambernath in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19°12′32″N 73°11′10″E / 19.209°N 73.186°E / 19.209; 73.186
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Region	Mumbai
Named after	God of sky
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Ambernath Municipal Council
• President	Tejashree Karanjule Patil
Area
• Total	38 km2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	253,475
• Estimate  (2024)	358,000
• Rank	29th (as of 2011)
• Density	6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	421501, 421502, 421505, 421506.
Telephone code	0251
Vehicle registration	MH-05
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalyan
Member of Parliament	Shrikant Shinde (National Democratic Alliance)
Member of Legislative Assembly	Dr. Balaji Kinikar (National Democratic Alliance)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ambernath

Ambarnath (Marathi pronunciation: [əmbəɾnaːt̪ʰ]) is an eastern suburban city in Thane district of Maharashtra and is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.^[1]

Demographics

In 2011, Ambarnath had a population of 253,475, with 132,582 Males and 120,893 Females. Its population grew by 24.4% from 2001, when it had a population of 203,804. It is overwhelmingly Hindu, with about eighty percent of the population being Hindu.

Notable people

• Merwyn Fernandes, former Indian hockey player^[4]
• Farukh Choudhary, Indian footballer
• Puranik Yogendra, politician
• Kay Kay Menon, Actor

References

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