Sunder Nagar

Sunder Nagar is a region in the suburban area of Malad–Goregaon in Mumbai, India. It lies in west of the arterial Swami Vivekanand Road and is mostly a residential neighbourhood. It was built up in the 1970s during the city's population and construction boom. The name Sunder Nagar means "beautiful place" in Hindi. There was a community called "Vijaykar Wadi" before 1970 and its name was changed to "Sunder Nagar". "Wadi" means group of trees, there were many "Mango" and "Chikoo" trees in the area, still some can be seen in the park maintained by "The Sunder Nagar Welfare Association".The area is also known for its educational institutes, with two schools "Umedbhai Patel English School", "Cambridge Education", Sarvoday Girls School and two college, Prahldrai Dalmia's Lions College and Ghanshyamdas Saraf College, which are affiliated to University of Mumbai. To the north lies Mandlik Nagar. The area also encompasses a few parks to the south.The residents are mostly Gujaratis - Hindus as well as Muslims. A small Sikh community is centred on a small Gurudwara. There is a huge Middle-class Gujarati, Marwari community in and around Sunder Nagar. About 75% of the population of Sunder Nagar is Hindu, the rest mainly Muslim. There are several bakeries and Dairy shops. There are three educational institutions - the Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya, the Umedbhai Patel School and the Dalmia College. Sunder Nagar has buildings named by English alphabet and are merely in alphabetical order. The most populated building is P Unit while the least populated is M unit. This region has a medium-sized ground almost in the center, with having facilities to play cricket, football, badminton as well as athletics. Main road in this area is Sundarnagar Road which is directly perpendicular to SV Road through the Vadapav seller port Jumboking.