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'''Pimpri-Chinchwad''', also known as '''PCMC''', is a city in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. The city is about {{cvt|15|km}} northwest of the historic city of [[Pune]], at an altitude of {{cvt|590|m||abbr=}} above sea level.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmcindia.gov.in/location_info.php|title=PCMC {{!}} City Location|website=www.pcmcindia.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806044146/http://www.pcmcindia.gov.in/location_info.php|archive-date=6 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmcindia.gov.in/pdf/DP_report_TP/New%20Villeges%20DP%20Report/DP.pdf|title=Development Plan - 2021 for the newly merged areas in PCMC|date=May 2000|website=Official Website of PCMC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331231708/https://www.pcmcindia.gov.in/pdf/DP_report_TP/New%20Villeges%20DP%20Report/DP.pdf|archive-date=31 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/pimpri-chinchwad-transformation-of-pune-s-satellite-city/168402|title=Pimpri-Chinchwad: Transformation of Pune's satellite city|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214552/http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/pimpri-chinchwad-transformation-of-pune-s-satellite-city/168402|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is the fifth largest city in Maharashtra and the [[List of most populous cities in India|
== History ==
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As of the [[2011 Census of India]], the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation area had a population of 1,729,692.<ref name="PART_A_DCHB_PUNE 2011">{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/820/download/2927/DH_2011_2725_PART_A_DCHB_PUNE.pdf |title=Census of India 2011 - Maharashtra - Series 28 - Part XII A - District Census Handbook, Pune |date=1 June 2014 |work=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121223400/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/27/2725_PART_A_DCHB_PUNE.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all |pages=45, 48, 53, 60, 1246–1247}}</ref><!-- page 53 --> The [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] was 833 females per 1000 males.<ref name="PART_A_DCHB_PUNE 2011"/><!-- page 45 --> About 13% of the population was under seven years of age with a [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 875 females per 1000 males.<ref name="PART_A_DCHB_PUNE 2011" /><!-- p53 says total population 1,729,692, p48 says 221,746 in age group 0-6 = 12.82% --> Around 8% of the city's population lives in slums.<ref name="PART_A_DCHB_PUNE 2011" /> Pimpri-Chinchwad has an average [[literacy]] rate of 89.22% (92.41% males; 85.37% females),<ref name="PART_A_DCHB_PUNE 2011" /><!-- page 60 --> higher than the national average of 74.04%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Majid |first=Zulfikar |date=2020-09-19 |title=Jammu and Kashmir’s female literacy rate lower than all-India level |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jammu-and-kashmir-s-female-literacy-rate-lower-than-all-india-level-889762.html |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> The main language spoken in the city is [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name=PCMCLocation /> There is a significant [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] population in [[Pimpri]], which dates to the [[partition of India]] in 1947. The neighbourhood has considerable [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] speaking population.<ref>Iyengar, A., 2013. ''Self-Perceptions of Heritage Language Shift among Young Sindhis in Pune'' (Doctoral dissertation, University of New England Armidale, NSW, Australia).</ref><ref>Kalamdani, K., 1993. "Pimpri Chinchwad". ''Architecture Plus Design'', 10(6), p.65.</ref>
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|caption = Language in Pimpri-Chinchwad M. Corp (2011)<ref name="Language">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra (Town level) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10253/download/13365/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value1 = 70.30 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 14.16 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Kannada]] |value3 = 2.61 |color3 = darkslateblue
|label4 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value4 = 1.36 |color4 = steelblue
|label5 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]] |value5 = 1.27 |color5 = maroon
|label6 = [[Urdu]] |value6 = 1.23 |color6 = green
|label7 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value7 = 1.23 |color7 = limegreen
|label8 = [[Malayalam]] |value8 = 1.19 |color8 = cornflowerblue
|label9 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value9 = 0.94 |color9 = skyblue
|other = y |other-label = Others |other-color = grey
}}
=== Religion ===
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|84.21}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|6.91}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Maharashtra|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|2.09}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|
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* [[Alandi]] - The town attracts millions of devotees annually to the resting place or (Samadhi) of the 13th century Marathi Bhakti saint, Sant [[Dnyaneshwar]].<ref>Glushkova, Irina. "6 Object of worship as a free choice." Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, Practices and Meanings 13 (2014).</ref>
* [[Dehu]] - The town on the banks of the indrayani river is associated with Sant Tukaram Maharaj,<ref>Maxine Bernsten (1988), The Experience of Hinduism: Essays on Religion in Maharashtra, State University of New York Press, {{ISBN|978-0887066627}}, pages 248-249</ref> the 17th-century poet-[[saint]] of the [[Bhakti movement]] in Maharashtra.<ref name=annaschultz>Anna Schultz (2012), Singing a Hindu Nation: Marathi Devotional Performance and Nationalism, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0199730834}}, page 26</ref> The town is visited by hundreds of thousands of people for the annual [[Pandharpur Wari]] when the paduka (symbolic sandals) of the saint are carried to [[Pandharpur]] in a palkhi.
== Economy ==
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=== Air ===
{{Main|Pune International Airport|Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje International Airport}}
The air gateway is the [[Pune International Airport]] located at [[Lohegaon]] which is about {{convert|19|km|abbr=on}} east of the neighborhood. It is operated by the [[Airports Authority of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pune.steci.org/about-pune-parish/pune-city/|title=Pune City|publisher=St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825091211/http://pune.steci.org/about-pune-parish/pune-city/|archive-date=25 August 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In addition to domestic flights to all major Indian cities, the airport serves international direct flights to [[Dubai]] (operated by [[Air India Express]]) and to [[Frankfurt]] (operated by [[Lufthansa]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/City-gears-up-for-its-first-allbiz-class-FrankfurtPune-flight/329609/|title=City gears up for its first all-biz class Frankfurt-Pune flight|author=Express News Service|date=1 July 2008|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314020349/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/City-gears-up-for-its-first-allbiz-class-FrankfurtPune-flight/329609/|archive-date=14 March 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-13/pune/27843652_1_pune-direct-flight-civil-aviation-minister|title=Pune goes global|date=13 December 2005|access-date=2 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184037/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-13/pune/27843652_1_pune-direct-flight-civil-aviation-minister|archive-date=5 November 2012|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> As of 2021, it is the 2nd busiest airport in the state and 13th busiest airport in India. The airport is awarded as best airport by hygiene measures in [[Asia-Pacific]] in 2020 by [[Airports Council International]].<ref>aci.aero/customer-experience-asq/asq-awards-and-recognition/asq-awards/current-winner-2020/best-hygiene-measures/</ref>
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* Vidya Niketan School
* Wisdom World School, [[Wakad]]
* Amrita Vidyalayam, [[Nigdi]]
=== Colleges ===
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