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Kalyan-Dombivli

Coordinates: 19°14′N 73°8′E / 19.233°N 73.133°E / 19.233; 73.133
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Kalyan-Dombivli
Twin City
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Kalyan-Dombivli is located in Maharashtra
Kalyan-Dombivli
Kalyan-Dombivli
Coordinates: 19°14′N 73°8′E / 19.233°N 73.133°E / 19.233; 73.133
CountryIndia India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictThane
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyKalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
 • MayorVacant (Administrator Rule)
 • Deputy MayorVacant (Administrator Rule)
 • Municipal Commissioner & AdministratorDr. Bhausaheb Dangade
Area
 • Total
137.15 km2 (52.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,246,381
 • Density9,100/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationMH-05
Websitekdmc.gov.in

Kalyan-Dombivli is a twin city and it comes under Mumbai Metropolitan Region and it is a municipal corporation with its headquarters located in Kalyan in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was formed in 1982 to administer the twin townships of Kalyan and Dombivli. Kalyan has a history of over 700 years. Kalyan is also a major Railway Junction for the trains operating in Central Railway.

In 2016, the government of India announced five cities of Maharashtra state for the Smart Cities project. Kalyan-Dombivli is one of them. The other four cities are Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur, and Thane.[1]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 10,749—    
1911 12,600+1.60%
1921 17,829+3.53%
1931 26,291+3.96%
1941 31,356+1.78%
1951 67,006+7.89%
1961 104,981+4.59%
1971 178,404+5.45%
1981 343,167+6.76%
1991 1,014,557+11.45%
2001 1,193,512+1.64%
2011 1,247,327+0.44%
Source: Government of India[2]
Religion in Kalyan-Dombivli (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 80.75%
Buddhism
 
 7.28%
Islam
 
 6.76%
Jainism
 
 2.67%
Christianity
 
 2.12%
Other or not stated
 
 0.43%

As of the 2011 census official report, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation had 302,735 households and a population of 1,247,327. 121,122 (9.71%) were under the age of 7. Kalyan-Dombivli had a sex ratio of 920 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 91.37% for those 7 years and above. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 121,897 (9.77%) and 36,864 (2.96%) of the population respectively. Kalyan-Dombivli is also considered one of the fastest developing city after Navi Mumbai.[4]

Languages of Kalyan-Dombvili (2011)[5]

  Marathi (59.50%)
  Hindi (15.30%)
  Gujarati (5.10%)
  Urdu (3.56%)
  Malayalam (2.95%)
  Tamil (1.95%)
  Kannada (1.82%)
  Bhojpuri (1.46%)
  Kutchi (1.29%)
  Marwari (1.08%)
  Telugu (0.96%)
  Bengali (0.95%)
  Others (4.08%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India in the residual district, 59.50% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 15.30% Hindi, 5.10% Gujarati, 3.56% Urdu, 2.95% Malayalam, 1.95% Tamil, 1.82% Kannada, 1.46% Bhojpuri, 1.29% Kutchi, 1.08% Marwari, 0.96% Telugu and 0.95% Bengali as their first language.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli among 5 in state to make it to smart city list". Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Census Tables". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Population by Religion - Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  4. ^ "District Census Hand Book – Thane" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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