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Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered India's largest slum and the world's third largest slum.[1] With a population of about 1,000,000 and a population density of over 418,410/km2 (1,083,677/sq mi), Dharavi is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. The Indian Government has a plan to modernize Dharavi from a place full of slums to a modernized community which will happen in the next 7 years. The Dharavi slum was founded in 1884 during the British colonial era, and grew because the expulsion of factories and residents from the peninsular city centre by the colonial government and from the migration of rural Indians into urban Mumbai. For this reason, Dharavi is currently a highly diverse settlement religiously and ethnically.[2] Dharavi has an active informal economy in which numerous household enterprises employ many of the slum residents[3]—leather, textiles and pottery products are among the goods made inside Dharavi. The total a

Dharavi - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 19°02′16″N 72°51′13″E / 19.03778°N 72.85361°E / 19.03778; 72.85361 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Slum in Mumbai, India Slum in Maharashtra, India Dharavi Slum View of Dharavi Dharavi Dharavi, Mumbai , Maharashtra Coordinates: 19°02′16″N 72°51′13″E / 19.03778°N 72.85361°E / 19.03778; 72.85361 [[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]: {{#parsoid\u0000fragment:7}}<span class=\"plainlinks nourlexpansion\">[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dharavi&params=19_02_16_N_72_51_13_E_ <span class=\"geo-default\"><span class=\"g

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