Ulhasnagar, which is once a military camp area for Sindhi refugees migrated from Pakistan, is now heavily populated with this community people. The city is also known as Sindhunagar and it is very famous from economic aspect. Ulhasnagar is a very good business centre not only in Thane district, but also in Maharashtra State. It is a city located on the coast of West India, which is nearly 60 kilometers northeast of the city of Mumbai.
Birla temple, furniture market, gajanand market, jeans market, Century rayon factory, shiv mandir etc are the important places in Ulhasnagar.
Let us go through a brief description of nearby cities and villages of Ulhasnagar
Ulhasnagar-1 (W): It is also known as Ulhasnagar camp-1 and it is located on the west side of railway stations. The main center here is a market with famous landmarks like Goal maindan where many people visit from nearby areas like kalyan, ambernath, badalpur, dombivili, thane, titvala etc for shopping.
Ulhasnagar-2 (W): The other name of this place is Ulhasnagar Camp-2. It is a market with popular landmarks like Gajanand market and it is famous for clothing, electrical and electronics etc. Nehru Chowk is the main centre here.
Ulhasnagar-3 (W): it has another name as Ulhasnagar Camp-3. It is mainly a market and it is located on the west side of railway stations. The famous landmarks here are furniture bazaar, RKT College, Sapna theatre, Ashok-Anil Multiplex etc. it is mainly a furniture and electronics market.
Ulhasnagar 5 (E): This locality, which is also known as Ulhasnagar Camp-5, is located on the eastern side of railway stations and it is mainly a residential area. You can see several jean making small scle industries here. Jhulell Mandir, Swami Sarvanand School, Swami Shantiprakash Chowk, Nethaji Garden, etc are the famous landmarks here. This locality is heavily populated with Sindhi community people.
The other cities come under Ulhasnagar area are Ulhasnagar-1, Ulhasnagar- 2, Station road Unr-3 and Ulhasnagar 5.