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Virar

Compare this sourced profile of Virar, India before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Virar—1,222,390, Asia/Kolkata, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

Wikidata's localized description: city in Maharashtra, India.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Virar is GeoNames ID 1253133. Its recorded administrative path is Palghar → Maharashtra → India, and GeoNames classifies the place as a populated place. Virār occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2025-05-25; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Virar ranks 429 by recorded population. Inside the 109 selected India entries it ranks 37; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 253. Its 1,222,390 population value is 1.22 times the 1,001,694 median for the country cohort and 1.21 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Virar sits in the second quarter of this atlas's India population cohort. Virar's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Virar's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Bhayandar at 17.66 km with 809,378 recorded people; Borivli at 25.088 km with 609,617 recorded people; Bhiwandi at 31.199 km with 874,032 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 13.539 km. Compared with Bhayandar, Virar's recorded population is 1.51 times as large. Against Virar, Bhayandar follows Thane → Maharashtra → India in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected India cohort, uses the shared Asia/Kolkata identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is below Virar's. Against Virar, Borivli follows Mumbai Suburban → Maharashtra → India in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected India cohort, uses the shared Asia/Kolkata identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is below Virar's. Against Virar, Bhiwandi follows Thane → Maharashtra → India in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected India cohort, uses the shared Asia/Kolkata identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is below Virar's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 246 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Virar's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1253133, the coordinate pair 19.4559 / 72.8114, country rank 37 of 109, and neighbor GeoNames 1276014 at 17.66 km bind Virar to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Virar's reference point is 19.4559° north and 72.8114° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Kolkata is shared by 109 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPL is shared by 243 rows. Virar's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Virar's point falls in the lower-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Virar's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Virar, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.

Record keys
Virar · GeoNames 1253133 · Q2487341
Name scope
Virār · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Palghar · Maharashtra · India
Coordinate signature
19.4559° N · 72.8114° E
Population snapshot
1,222,390 · atlas rank 429 of 1,206
Country comparison
India rank 37 of 109 · median 1,001,694 · ratio 1.22×
Regional comparison
Asia rank 253 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 1.21×
Time-zone cohort
Asia/Kolkata · 109 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPL populated place · 243 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Virar · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Bhayandar · 17.66 km · population 809,378 · atlas rank 687
Second reference
Borivli · 25.088 km · population 609,617 · atlas rank 913
Third reference
Bhiwandi · 31.199 km · population 874,032 · atlas rank 636
Neighbour geometry
Virar · nearest-distance rank 246 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 13.539 km
Source dates
Virar row updated 2025-05-25 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04