Virar (Pronunciation: [ʋiɾaɾ]) is a coastal city in taluka Vasai and district of Palghar, India. It is clubbed into Vasai-Virar city, administered by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. It lies north to the city of Mumbai. It is a part of the outermost Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Virar railway station is one of the prominent railway station on the Western Line of Mumbai Suburban Railway due to being the northern-most station on the line with high frequency of local-train transit.
Virar City is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Maharashtra State/UT. As per provisional reports if Census India, population of Virar in 2011 is 1,222,390; of which male and female are 648,172 and 574,218 respectively.