What is "shimpoli"

Shimpoli Road is a locality in suburban Mumbai, located in the western suburb of Borivali. It is a 15-minute walk from the Borivali Railway Station. It saw an extraordinary growth in population in the 2000s. Many new residential complexes has come up in Shimpoli. The area is mostly dominated by Marathi people although there is a large population. Many commercial places have also come up all over the place, thanks to the burgeoning population. A new mall called "Dreamz Mall" is also coming up in the locality.

Shimpoli road has a MTNL telephone exchange which mostly controls telecom in Borivali (West). The "Shyamaprasad Mookherjee Flyover" is situated very near to Shimpoli road thus Borivali (East) is at a walkable distance. The Shimpoli road stretches from the S.V. Road to the Chickoowadi, which is a highly affluent residential locality. A number of restaurants and fast food corners have come up in Shimpoli road as well.

Shimpoli started out as a small village community which has now receded to a corner of the locality to accommodate the highrise apartment blocks.