Kalyan-Dombivli is a twin city and it comes under Mumbai metropolitan region and it is a
municipal corporation with its headquarters located in
Kalyan in
Thane district in the
Indian
state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
. It was formed in 1982 to administer the twin townships of
Kalyan and
Dombivli
Dombivli (Pronunciation: oːmbiʋliː is a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, India. It is part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Geography
Dombivli is located at . It has an average elevation of 13.534 meters (44.403 feet). The land here ...
.
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 are
Aurangabad,
Nashik,
Nagpur, and
Thane.
Demographics
As of 2011 India
census,
Kalyan-Dombivli had a population of 1,246,381. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kalyan-Dombivli has an average literacy rate of 98.06%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 98.11%, and female literacy is 95.73%. In Kalyan-Dombivli, 9.47% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kalyan-Dombivli is also considered one of the fastest developing city after
Navi Mumbai.
References
External links
Kalyan Dombivli Municipal website
{{Million-plus cities in India
1982 establishments in Maharashtra
Twin cities
Cities in Maharashtra
Smart cities in India