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Kalyan-Dombivli | |
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Twin City Mumbai Metropolitan Region | |
  Kalyan-Dombivli | |
| Coordinates:19°14′N73°8′E / 19.233°N 73.133°E /19.233; 73.133 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Thane |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Vacant (Administrator Rule) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Vacant (Administrator Rule) |
| • Municipal Commissioner & Administrator | Mr.Abhinay Goyal |
| Area | |
• Total | 137.15 km2 (52.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,246,381 |
| • Density | 9,087.7/km2 (23,537/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 it comes under Mumbai Metropolitan Region and it is amunicipal corporation with its headquarters located inKalyan inThane district in theIndianstate ofMaharashtra. It was formed in 1982 to administer the twin townships ofKalyan andDombivli.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 areAurangabad,Nashik,Nagpur, andThane.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% 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 | 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 afterNavi Mumbai.[4]
At the time of the2011 Census of India in the residual district, 59.50% of the population in the district spokeMarathi, 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]
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