Kalyan-Dombivli

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. It was formed in 1982 to administer the twin townships of Kalyan and Dombivli. Kalyan has a history of over 700 years. Kalyan is also a major Railway Junction for the trains operating in Central Railway.

Kalyan-Dombivli
Twin City Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Kalyan-Dombivli
Coordinates: 19°14′N 73°8′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Vacant (Administrator Rule)
• Deputy Mayor	Vacant (Administrator Rule)
• Municipal Commissioner & Administrator	Mr.Abhinay Goyal
Area
• Total	137.15 km2 (52.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,246,381
• Density	9,100/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MH-05
Website	kdmc.gov.in

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.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	10,749	—
1911	12,600	+1.60%
1921	17,829	+3.53%
1931	26,291	+3.96%
1941	31,356	+1.78%
1951	67,006	+7.89%
1961	104,981	+4.59%
1971	178,404	+5.45%
1981	343,167	+6.76%
1991	1,014,557	+11.45%
2001	1,193,512	+1.64%
2011	1,247,327	+0.44%
Source: Government of India[2]

Religion in Kalyan-Dombivli (2011)[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			80.75%
Buddhism			7.28%
Islam			6.76%
Jainism			2.67%
Christianity			2.12%
Other or not stated			0.43%

As of the 2011 census official report, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation had 302,735 households and a population of 1,247,327. 121,122 (9.71%) were under the age of 7. Kalyan-Dombivli had a sex ratio of 920 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 91.37% for those 7 years and above. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 121,897 (9.77%) and 36,864 (2.96%) of the population respectively. Kalyan-Dombivli is also considered one of the fastest developing city after Navi Mumbai.^[4]

Languages of Kalyan-Dombvili (2011)^[5]

1. Marathi (60.5%)
2. Hindi (15.3%)
3. Gujarati (5.1%)
4. Urdu (3.56%)
5. Malayalam (2.95%)
6. Tamil (1.95%)
7. Kannada (1.82%)
8. Bhojpuri (1.46%)
9. Kutchi (1.29%)
10. Marwari (1.08%)
11. Telugu (0.96%)
12. Bengali (0.95%)
13. Others (4.08%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India in the residual district, 59.50% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 15.30% Hindi, 5.10% Gujarati, 3.56% Urdu, 2.95% Malayalam, 1.95% Tamil, 1.82% Kannada, 1.46% Bhojpuri, 1.29% Kutchi, 1.08% Marwari, 0.96% Telugu and 0.95% Bengali as their first language.^[5]