Kalyan-Dombivli

Kalyan-Dombivli
Twin city
Kalyan-Dombivli
Coordinates: 19°14′N 73°8′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Rajendra Devlekar, Shiv Sena
• Deputy Mayor	Vikram Tare (BJP)
• Municipal Commissioner	P Velarasu
Area
• Total	137.15 km2 (52.95 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MH-05
Website	kdmc.gov.in

Kalyan-Dombivli is a twin city and 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.

Government of India recently announced five cities of Maharashtra state for smart city project. Kalyan-Dombivli is the one of them. The other four cities are Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur & Thane. It comes under the mumbai metropolitan region or it is also knows as MMR

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Kalyan-Dombivli had a population of 1,246,381. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kalyan-Dombivli has an average literacy rate of 93.06%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 96.11%, and female literacy is 89.73%. In Kalyan-Dombivli, 9.47% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kalyan-Dombivli is also considered as one of the fastest developing node after Navi Mumbai.

External links

• Kalyan Dombivli Municipal website