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Pimpri-Chinchwad
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Town
Nickname: 
Pimpri
Map
Government
 • MayorYogesh Behl
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,729,320
Websitewww.pcmcindia.in

Pimpri-Chinchwad (Template:Lang-mr) is a town in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. 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 center of Pune city via the Old Pune-Mumbai Highway.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[1] Pimpri Chinchwad had a population of 1,729,320. Male population (9.45 lakh) and female population (7.83 lakh). Pimpri Chinchwad has an average literacy rate of 87.19, higher than the national average of 74.04%. In Pimpri Chinchwad, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The main language spoken in the town 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.

The current commissioner of Pimpri - Chinchwad is Mr. Ashish Sharma and the additional commissioner is Mr. Amrutrao Sawant. Mr. Yogesh Behl is the current mayor of Pimpri - Chinchwad. The JNNURM award for Best Performing City under Sub-Mission for Urban Infrastructure and Governance was given to Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Geography

The township is situated at a height of 530 m above the sea level. It is blessed with pleasant climate all the year round. Three rivers Pavana, Mula and Indrayani flows through this area. Pimpri-chinchwad sources it water from Pavana river but release of domestic and industrial effluents[2], dumping of debris and domestic pollution has severely affected the quality of the Pavana water.

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 Pavana 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[3]. Two thousand years ago it was the capital of legendary Hindu king Bhoj. During the period of Mahabharata this town 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.

Culture

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with lot of rigor and joy, Dasara is also one of the important festival and most of industries are closed during that time.

Industries

Pimpri-Chinchwad is a major industrial hub and hosts one of the biggest industrial zones in Asia. [4] Industrialization dates back to 1954 with starting of Hindustan Antibiotics Limited[5] considering this opportunity MIDC took initiative and bought huge scale land in this area[6]. The town is home to the Indian operations of major automobile companies like Premier Limited, Mahindra Navistar, Bajaj Auto, BEL Optronic Devices Limited, TATA Motors (formerly TELCO), Kinetic Engineering, Force Motors (formerly Bajaj Tempo) DaimlerChrysler,and Thermax.[5] In addition to this, several heavy industries such as Forbes-Marshall, ThyssenKrupp and Alfa Laval & Sandvik Asia have their manufacturing units in the town and also the German company KSB Pumps, swedish bearing company SKF. Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park hosts several Software and Information Technology majors like IBM India, KPIT Cummins, Tata Technologies, Infosys,Wipro, Geometric Limited etc.

Transport

Pimpri-chinchwad is well connected by road, rail and air. Nearest airport is Pune International Airport with Maharashtra government planning to setup new airport near chakan[7]. Pune Lonavala sub-urban local trains runs through this area. Old Pune–Mumbai Highway has been widened to 4 lane, which has improved connectivity to pune and reduced travel time to less than 30 minutes. It has State Transport Bus stand Pimpri-Chinchwad Bus Stand at vallabhnagar and Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited(formed by merger of PCMT and PMT) operates the public transport system in this area. Maharashtra government has proposed metro connectivity to Pimpri-Chincwad under the Pune Metro project.

Schools

  • Kamalnayan Bajaj High School (Pune)
  • Hindustan Antibiotics School ( H.A.)
  • St. Ursula
  • Judson School
  • Dnyan Probhodini
  • Jai Hind Primary School.
  • Jai Hind High School.
  • Vidya Niketan
  • SHRI JAIN FATTECHAND
  • Sou Tarabai Shankarlal Mutha Kanya prashala and Junior Colleg
  • CMS English Medium School , Pradhikaran , Nigdi-Pune 411044
  • Modern College , Nigdi
  • |K.N.M.G. junior collge (Nutan)-Krishnanagar|
  • Shri Mahalsakant Vidyalaya (SMV) Akurdi

Entertainment

Acharya Atre Sabhagruha Pimpri, Ramkrishna More Auditorium, Chinchwad, Sudharma Auditorium, Mulshi, Ankushrao Landage Auditorium, Bhosari are some of the auditoriums in Pimpri - Chinchwad which host plays. There are also a number of single screen cinema halls like Ashok, Jaishree etc. and multiplexes like Vishal E-square, Big Cinemas, Chinchwad, Fame Jai Ganesh, Akurdi which play the latest movies.

Places of Interest

Colleges and Universities in Pimpri-Chinchwad

  1. Pimpri-Chinchwad College of Engineering(Nigdi)
  2. D.Y.Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi
  3. D.Y.Patil Medical College
  4. Lokmanya BHMS College - Chinchwad
  5. Maharashtra Academy of Engineering,(Alandi)
  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 of Engineering
  12. Siddhant college of Engineering
  13. National College of Fine Art
  14. Mahatma Phule Mahavidyalaya, Pimprigaon
  15. Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce & Science College, Akurdi
  16. Jai Hind junior College, Pimpri
  17. MUCC College, Pimpri
  18. shree swami samarth junior college, indrayaninagar ,bhosari

Sub-urbs of Pimpri-Chinchwad

  1. Pimpri
  2. Chinchwad
  3. Nigdi
  4. Nigdi Pradhikaran
  5. Akurdi
  6. Tathawade
  7. Bhosari
  8. Talwade
  9. Hinjewadi
  10. Sambhajinagar
  11. Ajmera Colony - Masulkar colony
  12. Sangvi
  13. Pimple Nilakh\Aundh Camp
  14. Wakad
  15. Sant Tukaram Nagar / Nehrunagar
  16. Gurav Pimple
  17. Kalewadi
  18. Tergaon
  19. Ckikhali
  20. Rahatni

Helpline Numbers

Ambulance

  • Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital - 30717653, 30717873
  • Niramay Hospital - 9822998891
  • Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital(Y.C.M.H) - 27421064, 27100101

Fire Brigade

  • Fire Station Rahatni - 27276749
  • Fire Station Pradhikaran - 27652066

Hospitals

  • Jeejamata Hospital - 27460116
  • Burute Hospital - 27122232
  • Aditya Homeopathic Hospital - 27412549
  • Morya Hospital
  • YCM Hospital,Pimpri

See Also

References

  1. ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_pimpri-chinchwad-population-is-17-29-lakh_1528147
  2. ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-13/pune/29652680_1_pavana-river-vikas-patil-river-water
  3. ^ http://www.pcmcindia.in/history.asp?MID=0&PID=0&MenuID=114&Title=History%20And%20Culture
  4. ^ http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/india/pimpri-chinchwad/index.htm
  5. ^ a b http://www.punediary.com/industries.html
  6. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2002/03/30/stories/2002033000801300.htm
  7. ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rs-7-000crore-chakan-airport-new-deadline/551154/
  8. ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-08/pune/27944903_1_migratory-birds-quarry-boating-facilities
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