• Dombivli or Dombivali (Marathi: डोंबिवली) is a Locality in Thane district,Kalyan tehsil inMaharashtra, India.
  It is located about fifty kilometres from the city of Mumbai, and about twenty kilometres from Thane.
  The population of the city, according to the 2011 census is 2,293,000,[citation needed]. It is an important suburb of Mumbai
  
  
  
• Dombivli has been witnessing several slum growth .
  The industrial part of the city has a number of factories manufacturing dyes, paints, and industrial/agricultural chemicals.
  Heavy metal factories manufacturing a wide variety of equipment are also based in this region.
  A few nationally prominent industrial establishments that have manufacturing plants in Dombivli are Gharda Chemicals, Vicco Labs, Lloyd Steel, and Deepak Fertilizers.
  The city has three railway stations under its jurisdiction: Dombivli Railway Station, Thakurli Railway Station, Kopar Railway station, Upper Kopar Railway station (Used by Diva-vasai, Panvel-Dahanu Trains)
  
  
  
• Road connectivity is present but nothing to boast about. It is connected by a state highway to Kalyan, Panvel, Thane and Navi Mumbai.
  Municipal corporation provides local bus service KDMT within city and out of city up to Kalyan and Navi-Mumbai.
  ♦==History==♦ "Dombivli Shaharacha Itihaas", the History of Dombivli city was twice biographed. Once in late 1950 and recently in 2000. It is believed that The Name Dombivli is derived from its inhabitants.
  The "Dombs" or the ones who actually perform after death creamation of Hindus on the pyre. Since Kalyan was "the place" in the history Dombivli was supposed to be the outskirt of erstwhile Kalyan.
  
  
• The locals popularly known as "Bhoomi putras" or the sons of the soil are from the Agri and Koli Community.
  Agris are those who own paddy fields and salt pans. Whereas Kolis, the fishing community ruled the seas.
  As for Dombivli is concerned both the cultivation & fishing professions are in the history books.
  Academics there are many schools around dombivli but the most renowned are
  1)S.I.A High School 2)I.E.S' s Chandrakant Patkar Vidyalaya 3)Vidya Niketan 4)Tilak Vidya Mandir
  
  Famous Dombivalikars -
  

♦S.N. Navare alias Shanna, noted playwright
♦ Sudhir Jogalekar, Resident Editor, Loksatta
♦ Madhukar Joshi,lyricist & poet
♦ Rashmi Thackeray, Wife of Uddhav Thackeray
♦ Rohit Sharma, India Player
♦ Ajinkya Rahane,Rising Cricket Player of Mumbai
♦ Nilesh Kulkarni, Former India Test Player
♦ Mandar Dixit, All India CA Topper
♦ Sanjay Dhabade, Art Director
♦ Mahesh Limaye, Top Bollywood Cinematographer
♦ Amul Lokanathan, Celebrity DISC JOCKEY (DJ)