Bhiwandi is a suburb of Mumbai , in the western state of
Maharashtra, in
India, located 20 km to the north-east of
Mumbai and 15 km to the north-east of
Thane city. The exact location of Bhiwandi is . Bhiwandi city, the headquarters of the taluka of Bhiwandi, comes under the administration of the
Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation. The city is considered a part of the
Greater Mumbai metropolitan agglomeration, along with
Navi Mumbai and the cities of
Kalyan,
Thane,
Ulhasnagar,
Dombivli,
Mira-Bhayandar and the
Vasai-Virar region. According to the 2011 census, the total population of the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation area was 711,329.