Dhankawadi

Dhankawadi
धनकवडी
borough
Dhankawadi
Coordinates: 18°28′20″N 73°51′14″E / 18.47222°N 73.85389°E / 18.47222; 73.85389Coordinates: 18°28′20″N 73°51′14″E / 18.47222°N 73.85389°E / 18.47222; 73.85389
Country India
State Maharashtra
Division Pune Division
District Pune District
Taluka Pune City
Elevation 560 m (1,840 ft)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
ZIP code(s) 411 043[1]
Area code(s) +91-20
Official language Marathi

Dhankawadi is an outlying borough of the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra. It lies on the southern edge of the city along old Route 4 just north of where the Route 4 by-pass leaves old Route 4, about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) south of the Pune city centre.

Dhankawadi was a small village that got subsumed into Pune in 1997. The area has been ungoing rapid building development since 2000.[2] Part of Dhankawadi has been reserved for a bio-diversity park; however, the park remains in the proposal stage.[3]

Notes

  1. "Dhankawadi S.O Post Office – Pune, PUNE, Maharashtra". Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.
  2. "PMC's unauthorised structure problem". Pune Mirror. Pune, India. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.
  3. "BDP becomes slum on rent". Pune Mirror. Pune, India. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010.
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