The cultural fabric of Thane is predominantly Maharashtrian, although, like its neighbouring city Mumbai, it has a cosmopolitan culture as well.
However, like several Maharashtrian villages, the dominant caste in the village is Maratha and among them Bhoite, Kshatriya Suryavanshi 96K Maratha Clan dominated here.
Today Charni road is well known for its old charm Chawls, wholesale markets of diamonds (Opera House), garments, Irani cafés traditional Maharashtrian culture (Girgaon) and also tall skyscrapers.
The surnames of these North Kanataka based, Kannada speaking Deshastha Brahmins, can be identical to those of Maharashtrian Deshastha Brahmins, for example, they have last names like Kulkarni, Deshpande and Joshi.
Pakhi Hegde is a Maharashtrian film actress from Mumbai who is active mainly in Hindi serials, Bhojpuri and Marathi films.
Wadke is a Maharashtrian surname mostly belonging to the Twashta Kasar (also known as Twashta Brahmin / Tambat from Sanskrit tamrpat) community hailing from the Konkan region (Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Mumbai and Pune) of the State of Maharashtra in India.