Facts About Pune
- Pune, formerly known as Poona is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai.
- India’s first indigenously-run girls’ school was started in Pune by Savitribai Phule along with her associate Fatima Sheikh.
- The city’s total area is 15.642 sq. km.
- Pune is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai, and the eighth-most populous city in India.
- Pune is widely regarded as the second major “IT hub of India” and the top “automobile and manufacturing hub of India”.
- Pune is where Badminton originated in India.
- Pune has 21 engineering colleges, which is highest in the world in a given city.
- The earliest reference to Pune is an inscription on a Rashtrakuta Dynasty copper plate dated 937 CE, which refers to the town as Punya-Vishaya, meaning “sacred news”. By the 13th century, it had come to be known as Punawadi.
- Marathi is the official and most spoken language.
- Pune is derived from a word called Punya, which literally means the conflux of two rivers, as it is settled at the confluence of the Muthi and Mula rivers.
- Pune is situated at approximately 18° 32″ north latitude and 73° 51″ east longitude.
- After Peshwas of the Maratha Empire rose to power, they moved their base from Saswad to Pune, selecting it as their headquarters.
- Pune is twinned with San Jose, California, United States; Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius & Texas, United States.
- The monsoon lasts from June to October, with moderate rainfall and temperatures ranging from 22 to 28 °C.
- The estimated Population of Pune is 3.99 Million as of 2020.
- Pune has the highest number of software companies in India.
- Pune has an informal relationship with Bremen, Germany.
- The average literacy rate of Pune is 86.15%.
- Pune is known as the “Oxford of the East” due to the presence of several well-known educational institutions.
- Both geographically and politically, it comes under the top 10 earthquake-prone sectors in India. It is situated near to Konya Dam, which is seismically powerful and rated Zone 3 out of 5.