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Pimpri-Chinchwad
Pimpri-Chinchwad
city
Nickname: 
Pimpri
Map
Government
 • MayorAparna Dhoke
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,012,472
Websitewww.pcmcindia.in

Pimpri-Chinchwad (Template:Lang-mr) is a city in the Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It consists of the twin towns of Pimpri and Chinchwad which are governed by a common municipal body (the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation or PCMC). It is located to the North-West of Pune and is well connected to the Pune city proper via the Old Pune-Mumbai Highway.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Pimpri Chinchwad had a population of 1,012,472. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Pimpri Chinchwad has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 68%. In Pimpri Chinchwad, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The main language spoken in the city is Marathi. There is also a significant Sindhi population present in Pimpri. The Government of India, rehabilitated Sindhis, who came from Pakistan after the division of British India. Sindhi community has made a significant contribution towards making Pimpri a prosperous town and a busy commercial place.

History

Main localities in Pimpri Chinchwad are Chinchwad, Pimpri, Nigdi, Akurdi and Bhosari. The name Chinch-wad is derived from trees Chinch (tamarind) and Wad (banyan). Chinchwad is famous for Saint Morya Gosavi’s Shrine which is one of the lord Ganesha’s shaktipeeth in Maharashtra state. Due to the flooding of river Pavna every year the temple gets submerged in the river water. Local people consider it as bathing of lord ganesha. Chinchwad is also the birthplace of great freedom fighters Chaphekar brothers. Pimpri Chinchwad is home to the historic town of Bhosari originally known as Bhojapuri. Two thousand years ago it was the capital of legendary Hindu king Bhoj. During the period of Mahabharata this city was known as Bhojakata, the capital of the Bhoja-Yadava king Rukmi. It is mentioned in Mahabharata that Bhojakata lied to the west of Kundinapuri, the capital of Vidarbha Kingdom.

Industries

Pimpri-Chinchwad is a major industrial hub and hosts one of the biggest industrial zones in Asia. The industrial estates in the city were established by the MIDC. The city is home to the Indian operations of major automobile companies like Premier Limited, Mahindra Navistar, Bajaj Auto, BEL Optronic Devices Ltd, TATA Motors (formerly TELCO), Kinetic Engineering, Force Motors (formerly Bajaj Tempo) and DaimlerChrysler. The city is also home to India's premier antibiotics research institute Hindustan Antibiotics Limited. In addition to this, several heavy industries such as Forbes-Marshall, ThyssenKrupp and Alfa Laval & Sandvik Asia have their manufacturing units in the city and also the German company KSB Pumps. "Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park" hosts several Software and Information Technology majors like IBM India, KPIT Cummins, Tata Technologies, Infosys, Wipro, Geometric etc.

Renaming

A proposal to rename this city to New Pune has been deliberated amongst politicians, intellectuals and members of the business community as it is thought that this would launch the city as an international city teaming with Pune. The New Pune brand name was first proposed by the Former Commissioner of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Mr. Dilip Band. No progress on the name change has been noted as of now.

Growing City

Now this place is witnessing with a huge amount of changes in the city demographics. Newly constructed subways multiplexes and shopping malls are making this place more easily accesseble and urbanized. This place is growing due to newly constructed Hinjwadi IT parks and allied area.

Auditorium

Ram Krishna More Auditorium is present in the heart of Chinchwad to cater the demand of Dramma lovers, where most of the plays and drammas are been played.

Appu Ghar

On the base of Delhi's Appu Ghar, one small place near the NIGADI has been developed, to play the different small fairy games.

Engineering colleges in Pimpri-Chinchwad

  1. Pimpri-Chinchwad College of Engineering
  2. D.Y.Patil College of Engineering (Akurdi and Pimpri)
  3. D.Y.Patil Medical College
  4. Lokmanya BHMS College -Chinchwad
  5. Maharashtra Academy of Engineering
  6. Modern College of Pharmacy,Nigdi
  7. ASM's IBMR Management School,IPS,IIBR
  8. ATSS IICMR
  9. Rajashri Shahu College of Engineering
  10. Moze College of Engineering
  11. Indira College

Management Colleges

  1. Balaji Institute of Modern Management

Sub-urbs of Pimpri-Chinchwad

  1. Pimpri
  2. Chinchwad
  3. Nigdi
  4. Nigdi Pradhikaran
  5. Akurdi
  6. Tathawade
  7. Bhosari
  8. Talwade
  9. Hinjwadi
  10. Sambhajinagar
  11. Ajmera Colony
  12. Sangvi
  13. Aundh Annex
  14. Wakad

References

  1. ^ City population: Maharashtra
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