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Kalyan-Dombivli

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Kalyan-Dombivli is a twin city in India.

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India Maharashtra location map

It sits within the Thane district. This area is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The city is located in the state of Maharashtra.

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Flag of Maharashtra

It is a municipal corporation. This means it has its own local government. The headquarters for this city is in Kalyan. This place is a very important part of the region.

The city was formed in 1982. This was done to help run the two towns together. Kalyan and Dombivli are the two townships. Kalyan has a very long history. It has been around for over 700 years.

Kalyan is also a major Railway Junction. Many trains use the Central Railway here. This makes the city a busy place for travel. It connects many different people and places.

A lot of people live in Kalyan-Dombivli. In 2011, there were 1,247,327 people living there. There were 302,735 households in the city. About 121,122 people were under the age of 7. The city has a literacy rate of 91.37%. This is for people aged 7 and above. The sex ratio was 920 females for every 1000 males.

This shows how the population is made up.

Many different languages are spoken in the city. Most people speak Marathi as their first language. About 59.50% of the people speak Marathi. Other common languages include Hindi at 15.30%. Gujarati is spoken by 5.10% of the people. Urdu is spoken by 3.56% of the population. Other languages include Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada. There are even small groups of people who speak Bengali. This makes the city a very diverse place.

The city is growing very quickly. It is one of the fastest developing cities. It is only behind Navi Mumbai in this way. In 2016, the government of India picked it for a plan. This is called the Smart Cities project.

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Four other cities in Maharashtra are also in this project. These cities are Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur, and Thane. This project helps the city move into the future. It is an exciting time for the people living there.

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