18 Facts About Panvel

Panvel is a city and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.

Panvel is governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Panvel is situated on the banks of the Gadhi river which flows and connects all the way to the Arabian Sea.

Panvel has a mix population consisting of the Agri samaaj and Koli communities.

Panvel is a medium-sized city but densely populated as it is strategically placed between Mumbai and Pune.

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Panvel is about 300 years old, developed around trade routes, during the Maratha rule and hence after by the Mughal rule, British and the Portuguese.

Since October 2016, New Panvel was brought under administration of Panvel Municipal Corporation.

New Panvel is strategically located on the eastern side of the Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway and just west of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

New Panvel is just adjacent to the under construction Navi Mumbai International airport which is located in Ulwe, a node in Navi Mumbai.

New Panvel is a popular destination for the popular meal called Vada Pav.

Panvel is famous for watermelons, which can be found abundantly in and around the city and the old Mumbai–Pune highway.

Panvel is an important junction point as many major highways meet and pass through the city.

New Panvel, being developed by CIDCO, has well planned and wide lane major roads and even the arterial roads are of two lanes leading to a single direction.

Old Panvel has relatively less maintained roads which are congested due to lack of planning on part of the PMC.

Panvel is one of the terminating stations of the harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Panvel is considered equivalent to Mumbai for trains which skip Mumbai.

The trains run on diesel traction and alternating current, and Panvel is a refueling point for their locomotives.

Panvel is the second busiest bus station in the state after Latur.