- Pune Neighborhoods
Until the mid-1970s, the city of
Pune mainly consisted of the central peths, or localities. Since then, Pune has seen rapid and continued growth in terms of population and area, and many erstwhile villages surrounding the city, such asBaner andWarje , have become suburbs.The city of Pune can be divided into the following zones:
# Central Pune: consisting of roughly seventeen peths, or neighborhoods. These were established and developed during the Maratha and Peshwa rule, and are referred to as the old city.
# Inner Pune: consisting of Deccan Gymkhana, Erandwane and Shivajinagar in the west, Camp, Dhole-Patil Road, and Koregaon Park in the east, and Swargate, Parvati, Mukundnagar, Maharshinagar, Gultekdi, and Salisbury Park in the South. On the north, the inner city is bounded by theMula-Mutha river.
# Outer Pune: including the newer developed areas of Aundh and Ganeshkhind in the northwest, Kothrud and Paud Road in the west, Dattawadi, Sahakarnagar and Dhankawadi in the southwest, Bibvewadi, Lullanagar, and upper Kondhwa in the southeast, and Ghorpadi, Fatimanagar, Wanowrie and Hadapsar South in the east.
# Suburbs: including Baner and Pashan in the northwest, Bavdhan and Warje in the west, Wadgaon, Dhayari and Ambegaon in the southwest, Katraj, Lower Kondhwa, Undri and Mohammedwadi in the southeast, Hadapsar North, Mundhwa, and Manjri in the east, Wadgaon Sheri and Kharadi in the northeast, and Dhanori and Kalas in the north.The Pune metropolitan area also includes the following areas, located roughly to the northwest of Pune city. These are administered by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
# Pimpri and its surroundings: Chikhli, Kalewadi, Kasarwadi, Phugewadi, and Pimple Saudagar.
# Chinchwad and its surroundings: Thergaon, Tathawade, and Talawade.
# Sangvi and its surroundings: Dapodi, Wakad,Hinjawadi , Pimple Nilakh, and Pimple Gurav.
# Bhosari and its surroundings: Moshi, Dighi, Dudulgaon, and Charholi Budruk.
# Nigdi-Akurdi and its surroundings: Ravet, Dehu Road, and Somatne.ee also
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Roads of Pune
*Peths in Pune
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