Thakkar Bappa Colony is a residential and commercial area of Chembur, Mumbai.
1% of the occupants of the Thakkar Bapa colony were from the Kutchi and Maheshwari Meghwar community, while 99% were Marwari people who came with them.
About 500,000 people from these three communities have settled in Thakkar Bappa Colony and the surrounding area.
Marathi speaking people slowly moved to other parts of Mumbai after selling their residential areas to Marwari.
People work long hours manufacturing shoes in home workshops.