| Kurla is a major suburb of Central Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai.
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) (near Kurla)is a train terminus for some out-station passenger/express trains.
In 1918, the Bombay city limits were expanded out to Kurla. A new railway line connecting Kurla to Chembur was constructed and then extended to Mankhurd.
A spate of building activity took place in the 1920s. Kurla railway station has railway lines connected from both the Central Railway and Harbour railway.
The Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex added to the commercial value of Kurla.
Prominent business communities in Kurla are Marwaries, Kutchhies, Sindhies, Patels and Gujaraties. Kurla has a large number of muslim population.
Famous shops in Kurla are Paris Jewellers(in west),Deepak Farsan, Readymade Centre, Right choice,Nagarik Stores, Arpan Shopping Arcade, Thakkar Stores, Swastik Sweets, Dugad Market,Mahalakshmi Jellwers,Aanchal collection a very good Ladies cloth store
Kurla has one engineering college, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, and several schools.
Some of the schools in Kurla are S. K. P. Walavalkar High School Marathi and English Medium Green Bombay High School, Anjuman Tabligul Islam, Swami Vivekanand High School and College, Holy Cross High School (Kurla),Gandhi Bal Mandir High School(Marathi), Karthika High School, Kedarnath Vidya Prasarini (KVP) English High School and Michael High School), Shree Gujarati Samaj Vidhyalaya , st judes high school.
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