Pune District
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Pune District is situated in Maharashtra state. It contains the city of Pune. The district had a population of 7,232,555 of which 58.08% were urban as of 2001. [link]
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Geography
- Pune District lies in the western region in the State of Maharashtra in India. Its bounded by Thane District to the northwest, Raigad District to the west, Satara District to the south, Solapur District to the southeast, and Ahmednagar District to the north and northeast.
- Pune district lies in the Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountain range and it extends on to the Deccan Plateau on the west.
Rivers
There are several major and minor rivers in Pune district main of them include,- Bhima River
- Mutha
- Mula
- Pavna
- Ghod
- Sina
- Nira
Talukas
There are 14 talukas in Pune District, namely:
- Junnar
- Ambegaon
- Khed
- Maval
- Mulshi
- Velha
- Bhor
- Haveli
- Purandar
- Pune city
- Indapur
- Daund
- Baramati
- Shirur
Cities and towns
Pune District has the Large Metro City of Pune and also another City of Pimpri - Chinchwad.It has 3 large Deffence Cantonments namely,
- * Pune Cantonment Board.
- * Khadki Cantonment Board.
- * Dehu Road Cantonment Board.
- * Junnar
- * Lonavla - Khandala
- * Saswad
- * Daund
- * Shirur
- * Indapur
- * Walchandnagar
- * Baramati
- * Talegaon Dhabade
Places of interest and Pilgrimage centers
Forts
There are several forts in and around Pune District, including:
- Sinhagad or Kondhana
- Rajgadh
- Torna
- Shivneri
- Chakan
- Tungi
- Tikona
- Visapur
- Lohagadh
- Shanwarwada
- Harishchandragadh
- Purandar
Transport
Several National Highways and State Highways criss cross Pune district. They include:
- Pune Mumbai and Pune Bangalore National Highway (NH 4)
- Pune Solapur Hydrabad National Highway (NH 5)
- Pune Nashik National Highway (NH 50)
- Mumbai Pune Express Highway
- Pune Ahmednagar Aurangabad State Highway
- Pune Alandi State Highway
- Pune Saswad Phandarpur State Highway
- Pune Paud Roha State Highway
- Pune Mumbai Broad Gauge double line (Central Railway)
- Pune Daund Solapur Broad Gauge double line (Central Railway)
- Daund Manmad Broad Gauge single line (Central Railway)
- Daund Baramati Lonand Broad Gauge single line (Central Railway)
- Pune Miraj Broad Gauge single line (South Central Railway)
Important Information links about Pune city and district
- Pune District Gazetteer :- http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/gazetteer.php?level=2&showFile=1&gazetteerSqlId=20020426074413&gazetteerMainId=&gazetteerFile2Id=&distId=25&gazId=20020426074254&pubYear=&fileExists=&headingSqlName=Preface&chapter=
| Divisions and Districts of Maharashtra |
|---|
| Amravati Division: Akola District>Akola | Amravati | Buldhana | Washim | Yavatmal |
| Konkan Division: Mumbai City District>Mumbai | Mumbai (Suburban) | Raigad | Ratnagiri | Sindhudurg | Thane |
| Aurangabad Division: Aurangabad District, Maharashtra>Aurangabad | Beed | Hingoli | Jalna | Latur | Nanded | Osmanabad | Parbhani |
| Nagpur Division: Bhandara District>Bhandara | Chandrapur | Gadchiroli | Gondia | Nagpur | Wardha |
| Nashik Division: Ahmednagar District>Ahmednagar | Dhule | Jalgaon | Nandurbar | Nashik |
| Pune Division: Kolhapur District>Kolhapur | Pune | Sangli | Satara | Solapur |
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