Located just inside the city limits, Dahisar is the northernmost neighborhood (and railway station) of Mumbai. Dahisar is the first locality of Mumbai from the north.
On the Mumbai Suburban Railway, (which is part of the Indian Western Railway line,) that runs from Churchgate to Virar, Dahisar is immediately north and next to the populous suburb of Borivali, which has a train station of the same name. [1]
After Dahisar, when travelling northwards on the Churchgate – Virar Western Railway line the immediate next railway station or stop is Mira Road station.
The ‘Dahisar Check- Naka’ is a toll station at Dahisar (East) that marks the end of Mumbai, on the Western Express Highway.
According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Dahisar village is 552448. Dahisar village is located in Thane Tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra, India. It is situated 20km away from sub-district headquarter Thane and 25km away from district headquarter Thane. As per 2009 stats, Dahisar village is also a gram panchayat.
The total geographical area of village is 93.31 hectares. Dahisar has a total population of 1,923 peoples. There are about 445 houses in Dahisar village. Thane is nearest town to Dahisar which is approximately 20km away.