Chakala is a locality in the suburb of Andheri in Mumbai. It had a station on the Salsette–Trombay Railway, which was dismantled after the rail line closed down in 1934. It is served by the Western Express Highway and Chakala stations on Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro.

Chakala
Neighbourhood
Chakala
Coordinates: 19°6′41″N 72°51′39″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
City	Mumbai
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code(s)	022

The locality draws its name from Chaquelem, one of the 13 villages in the vicinity of Marol that converted to Catholicsm in 1588 after the advent of the Portuguese on Salsette Island.[1]

Chakala is one of the most prominent industrial localities in Mumbai. Chakala also is home to many other small scale businesses and has proximal airport access.

Nepal Airlines has its Mumbai office in the Rathour House in Chakala.[2]

References

References

• Irfca.org
• Mumbai Mirror, 25 Oct 2005, Manoj R Nair