What is "dharavi"

Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It houses one of the largest slums in the world.

Dharavi slum was founded in 1882 during the British colonial era. The slum grew in part because of an expulsion of factories and residents from the peninsular city centre by the colonial government, and from rural poor migrating into urban Mumbai (then called Bombay). It is currently a multi-religious, multi-ethnic, diverse settlement. Estimates of Dharavi's total population vary between 700,000 to about 1 million.

Dharavi has an active informal economy in which numerous household enterprises employ many of the slum residents. It exports goods around the world. Leather, textiles and pottery products are among the goods made inside Dharavi by the slum residents. The total annual turnover has been estimated at over 1 billion.

Dharavi has suffered from many epidemics and other disasters. It currently covers an area of .

Dharavi'' (City of Dreams'') is a critically acclaimed 1993 Hindi film, directed and written by Sudhir Mishra.

The film was a joint NFDC- Doordarshan production and went on to winning many awards in the following year, including the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film was also invited at the London Film Festival, Mannheim International Film Festival and Festival 3 Continents Nantes in 1992.

The film stars Shabana Azmi and Om Puri in lead roles, and is set amidst the backdrop of India's largest slums, Dharavi.

Dharavi Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the ten constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.

It is a part of the Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Sion Koliwada, Wadala, Mahim, from Mumbai City district and Chembur and Anushakti Nagar from Mumbai Suburban district.

Dharavi is a slum in Mumbai, India.

Dharavi may also refer to:

• Dharavi (film), a 1991 Hindi film
• Dharavi (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a constituency located in Mumbai City district
• Dharavi Bhet, a peninsula near Mumbai, India