Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) is the metropolitan region around the city of
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
. According to practical purposes, PMR comprises two
Municipal Corporations of
PMC,
PCMC and three
Cantonment Boards, spread over an area of 7,256.46 km
2.
The population of the region as per
2011 census was 7,541,946.
The
Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) is the planning and development authority of the region formed. PMRDA is headed by the
Chief Minister of Maharashtra,
Eknath Shinde
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: knaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician and president of Shivsena serving as the 20th and Current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was earlier the Cabinet Minister of Urba ...
. Suhas Diwase,
IAS, is the
chief executive officer
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. The authority is responsible for various town planning schemes,
Pune Ring Road
Pune Ring Road is a road planned for construction in and around the city of Pune, India. Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority claimed that the road will decrease traffic congestion and provide better access to the fastest growing areas ...
as well as
Pune Metro (Line 3).
Jurisdiction
PMR is spread over 3
talukas
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of the
Pune district
Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: uɳeː is the most populous district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district's population was 9,429,408 in the 2011 census, making it the fourth most populous district amongst India's 640 distric ...
. It includes the entirety of
Pune City
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
and
Pimpri Chinchwad talukas, and the
Dehu Road cantonment of
Haveli
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taluka. The prominent
urban local self-governing bodies in the region are as follows:
Municipal Corporations
*
Pune Municipal Corporation
*
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
Cantonment Boards
*
Pune Cantonment Board
*
Khadki Cantonment Board
*
Dehu Road Cantonment Board
See also
*
Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority
References
{{Coord missing, Maharashtra
Cities and towns in Pune district
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Metropolitan areas of India