 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Pune division" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Paschim Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
| Pune Division | |
 Location of Pune Division in Maharashtra | |
| Coordinates:18°31′48″N73°50′24″E / 18.53000°N 73.84000°E /18.53000; 73.84000 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Districts | 1.Pune, 2.Kolhapur, 3.Sangli, 4.Satara, 5.Solapur |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner Pune Division | Dr. Chandrakant L. Pulkundwar (IAS) |
| • Police Commissioner, Pune Division | NA |
| • All Guardian Minister, Pune Division | (Solapur District) |
| • All District Collectors, Pune Division |
|
| • All MPs, Pune Division | NA |
| Area | |
• Total | 58,268 km2 (22,497 sq mi) |
| • Under irrigation | 8,896 km2 (3,435 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 23,449,049 |
| GDP(Nominal, 2024)[1] | |
| • Total | ₹9.24trillion (US$124.68billion) |
| • Per capita | ₹307,120 (US$4,144.69) |
| Literacy (2001 Census) | 76.95% |
| Main crops | Jowar, wheat, bajra, sugarcane, rice, soybean, onion, groundnut, vegetables, turmeric, grape, pomegranate |
Pune Division (better known asPaschim Maharashtra orDesh) is one of the six administrativedivisions of the Indian State ofMaharashtra. Pune Division is bound byKonkan Division to the west,Nashik Division to the north,Aurangabad Division to the east, and the state ofKarnataka to the south.[2]
It includes some of the most developed and most populous areas of Maharashtra.[citation needed]
At the2011 Census, Pune Division had a population of 23,449,049.[3] The region has a high literacy rate; higher than the national average. According to the 2011 Census, Pune district has a literacy rate of 86.15%, Satara 82.86%, Sangli 81.47%, Kolhapur 81.50% and Solapur 77.01%.
The most spoken language is Marathi, which is also the sole official language of the region. There are significant minorities of Hindi speakers as well as speakers of other regional languages such as Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Marwari, and Bengali in the urban areas. Kannada is also spoken by a large number of people in the regions bordering Karnataka. Urdu is spoken by the local Muslim population as well as migrants.[citation needed]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 81.90% of the population of Pune Division spokeMarathi, 6.88%Hindi, 3.30%Kannada, 2.33%Urdu, 0.97%Telugu, 0.71%Marwari and 0.65%Gujarati as their first language.[4]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 86.99% of the population of Pune Division followedHinduism, 7.62%Islam, 2.49%Buddhism, 0.74%Christianity and the remaining 2.16% of the population followed other religions or stated no religion.[3]
There have been changes in the names of districts and there have also been the addition of newer districts after India gained independence in 1947, and also after the state of Maharashtra was formed.[citation needed]
| Topics | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions | |||||||||||||
| Divisions and Districts |
| ||||||||||||
| Million-plus cities in Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Other cities with municipal corporations | |||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
.svg) | This article about a location inPune district is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
