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Neral is a town in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.[1][2] It is 83 km+ developing city of Raigad district which is well connected to Panvel, Mumbai, Thane and Pune. The village was founded around in 12th century by Chanche family, due to heavy floods wiped out their most of the cultivating land.^{[citation needed]} The place where Chanche family shifted originally is now known as Chanche Pada. Many other families from surrounding villages followed the same in following years to safeguard themselves from regular floods affecting their homes, farms and animals.

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Neral
town
Neral - Payarmal
Neral
Coordinates: 19°01′28.57″N 73°18′56.58″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Raigad
Taluka	Karjat
Founded by	Chanche Family in 1200
Government
• Type	Gram Panchayat
• Body	Neral Gram Panchayat
• Sarpanch	-
• Up-Sarpanch	-
•  Village Department Officer	-
• Talathi Saja	-
Population  (2015)
• Total	25,265
• Density	368/km2 (950/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MH - 46

Geography

Neral is located at 19.03°N 73.32°E / 19.03; 73.32. It has an average elevation of 40 metres (131 feet). Neral is a place which is the center between Mumbai and Pune, Neral has State Highway which is connecting to Karjat, NH4, Panvel and Murbad, people who visits Neral from Mumbai-South takes via Panvel route which is better, faster and easy to drive. Neral is at key location in the proposed Uran-Panvel-Neral-Bhimashankar SH-54 State Highway.

It is popularly known as a railroad junction, with trains arriving from Mumbai and from Pune to the nearby and very popular hill station of Matheran. A narrow-gauge rail line, 21 km long, ("toy train") runs from Neral to Matheran. Nearest major towns are Badlapur and Karjat.

2005 rainfall

The heavy rains on 26 July 2005 ruined the rail tracks and it had stopped operating, but the train has successfully started operating from 5 March 2007. The other option available to reach Matheran is to take a taxi to a certain point (called Dasturi naka) just before Matheran city boundary, beyond which one may proceed only on foot or on horseback.

Matheran Toy Train

The famous Matheran - Neral Toy Train departs from Neral Station. This train goes from Neral to Matheran.

Photo gallery

• 
  Neral Matheran Toy Train
• 
  Neral Ganesh Ghat and Matheran Hills
• 
  Neral Motor Hill
• 
  Neral Tapalwadi Waterfall
• 
  Toy Train at Neral Station

See also

• Neral railway station
• List of Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
• Matheran

References

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