With its administrative headquarters in Bandra, the district consists of three subdivisions or tehsils (townships): Kurla, Andheri, and Borivali.

[5] Many important places have adorned the beauty of this district, including Mount Mary Church, Jogeshwari Caves, Mahakali Caves, Essel World, Water Kingdom, Marve Beach, Aksa Beach, Madh Island, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey Colony, Kanheri Caves, Film City, Tulsi Lake, Vihar Lake and Powai Lake.

According to the 2011 census, Mumbai Suburban district has a population of 9,356,962,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Benin[7] or the US state of North Carolina.

[4] Mumbai Suburban has a sex ratio of 857 females for every 1000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 90.9%.

Tamil, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Telugu, Malayalam, Tulu and Bengali are minority language spoken by recent arrivals.