Pune District
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Pune District is situated in Maharashtra state of India. Pune city is the district headquarters. In the last census (2001), total population of the district is 7,232,555. Urban population comprises 58.08% of the total population [1]. The current population of Pune urban agglomerate is over 4 million.
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[edit] Geography
- Pune District is in the western region in Maharashtra in India. It is 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.
[edit] Rivers and lakes and Dams
Major rivers of the district are: Pushpavati, Krushnavati, Kukadi, Meena, Ghod, Bhima, Bhama, Andhra, Indryani, Pavna, Mula, Mutha, Ambi, Mose, Shivganga, Kanandi, Gunjavni, Velvandi, Neera, Karha etc
Some Major Dams are
Pimpalgaon (Pushpavati), Manikdoh,Yedgaon (Kukadi), Meena (Meena), Dimbe (Ghod), Chas-Kaman, ??? (Bhama), Andhra (Andhra), Valvhan (Indrayani), Pavna (Pavna), Mulshi (Mutha), Temghar, Khadakwasla (Mutha), Varasgaon (Ambi), Panshet (Mose), Chapet (Kanandi), Bhatgar (Velvandi), Devghar, Veer (Neera)
Lonavla region (Wadgaon-Maval Taluka) can be called as lake district of Maharashtra due to numerous lakes in this area viz, Bhushi, The Lonavla lake, INS Shivaji, Pavna, Valvhan, Tungarli, Andhra, Shirawta lake
However the Sahyadris and its branches offer lot of opportunity for damming the streams leading to large number of lakes in Pune district
[edit] Divisions
Administratively the district is divided into 14 talukas. These are Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed, Maval, Mulshi, Velhe, Bhor, Haveli, Purandar, Pune City, Indapur, Daund, Baramati and Shirur. Pune city is the administrative headquarters of the district.
There are 18 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district. These are Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed-Alandi, Maval, Mulshi, Haveli, Bopodi, Shivajinagar, Parvati (SC), Kasba Peth, Bhvani Peth, Pune Cantonment, Shirur, Daund, Indapur, Baramati, Purandhar and Bhor. The 3 Lok Sabha constituencies of the district are Khed, Pune and Baramati.
[edit] Cities and towns
Pune city and the twin city Pimpri-Chinchwad are the major cities in the district. Pune city is administered by the Pune Municipal Corporation while Pimpri - Chinchwad is admistered by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. There are three cantonment areas in the district.
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- Pune Cantonment
- Khadki Cantonment
- Dehu Road Cantonment
Some smaller towns in the district with Nagarpalikas or Municipal Councils are:
[edit] Pilgrimage centers
- Alandi
- Dehu
- Bhimashankar
- Jejuri
- Ranjangaon
- Ozar
- Lenyandri
- Morgaon
- Theur
- Bhigwan
[edit] Forts
There are several forts in and around Pune District, including:
- Jivdhan
- Hadsar
- Chavand
- Shivneri
- Narayangad
- Chakan or Sangramgad
- Rajmachi
- Lohagad
- Visapur
- Tunga or Kathingad
- Tikona
- Korigad
- Sinhagad or Kondhana
- Rajgad
- Torna or Prachandagad
- Purandar and Vajrangad (Rudramal)
- Sonori or Malhargad
- Rohida
- Kenjalgad
- Harishchandragad
There are many small hill forts and numerous fortified castles.
[edit] Transport
[edit] Highways
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 9)
- Pune Nashik National Highway (NH 50)
- Mumbai Pune Express Highway
Major State Highways include
- Pune Ahmednagar Aurangabad State Highway
- Pune Alandi State Highway
- Pune Saswad Pandharpur State Highway
- Pune Paud Road State Highway
- Talegaon Chakan State Highway
[edit] Railway Lines
All railway lines through Pune are broad gauge and have double track. They belong to Central Railway
- Pune-Mumbai.
- Pune-Daund.
- Pune-Daund-Solapur (single track from Bhigwan to Solapur).
- Pune-Daund-Manmad (single track from Daund to Manmad).
- Pune-Daund-Baramati branch line (single track).
- Pune-Daund-Kurduwadi-Latur Road (single track on branch line from Kurduwadi to Latur Road).
- Pune-Daund-Kurduwadi-Miraj (single track on branch line from Kurduwadi to Miraj).
- Pune-Miraj-Hubli (single track from Pune to Hubli towards Bangalore).
- Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur branch line (single track from Miraj to Kolhapur).
The Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur railway line was metre gauge and converted to broad gauge in 1995 under Project Unigauge.
The railway line from Latur to Kurduwadi to Miraj was narrow gauge. The Kurduwadi-Pandharpur section towards Miraj was converted to broad gauge in 2002. The Latur to Osmanabad section was converted to broad gauge in September 2007. (Osmanabad did not lie on the narrow gauge railway line and the alignment was changed for the new broad gauge track to pass through Osmanabad.) The Osmanabad-Kurduwadi section of broad gauge track is planned to open in 2008. The Pandharpur-Miraj section is still narrow gauge and the conversion to broad gauge is low on priority.
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