Pune Demographics :
As per 2001 census of India, the population of Pune urban agglomeration is 3,529,900. This includes the towns of Khadki, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Dehu. Growth in the software and education sectors has led to an influx of skilled labour from across India. The migrating population rose from 43,900 in 2001 to 88,200 in 2005. Almost 30 percent of Pune's population lives in slums. The sharp increase in censorial decade of 1991–2001 can be attributed to absorption of 38 fringe villages into Pune city. The literacy rate is about 81%, 1% higher than the national average. |
Pune Demographics
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| Marathi is the official and the most widely spoken language, while Hindi and English are understood and spoken widely. The dialect of Marathi spoken in Pune has been suggested to be the "standard" form of the language[21]. Pune has many white-collar professionals thanks to a large number of educational, research and training institutes spread throughout the city.
The city is home to sizeable religious minorities including Parsis, Jews, Sikhs, Christians and Muslims.
Pune has a substantial population of Brahmins (20% to be more specific) more than any other city in Maharastra. Pune also has large number of Muslim Population around 10-12%.half of these Muslims speak Marathi very well, remainder speak Hindi and Urdu.People from Muslim Dawadi-Bohara community are also found in the city. Additionally, Pune city also hosts Jewish population; David Sasson was the Jewish trader who donated huge amount for Sasson Hospital. Pune is the only city (other than Mumbai, Ahmadabad) to host huge number of Parsi Population, majority of these Parsis found in Camp, Pune Station, and Koregaon Park and Nagar road. Sikh Gurudwaras can be found in Ganesh Peth and Dehuroad area of the Pune.
According to the Pune Municipal Corporation, 38.9% of its population lived in slums in 2001. |
