The study of Pune demographics reveals various facts and figures about the distribution of population throughout the city. Pune, located in the state of Maharashtra, has a total population of more than 4 million people, of which the suburban areas constitutes 3 million people. Pune population in the district is 72.24 lakhs, of which women population is 34.56 lakhs and the men population is 37.68 lakhs.
Ethnic Groups in Pune
The different ethnic groups residing in the city are Marathis, Christians, Muslims, Gujaratis, Bengalis, Sindhis, Parsi, Jews, South Indians, Punjabi and the Hindi speaking rural people. There are approximately 38% Matrathis, 2% Bengalis, 10% Tamilians, 10% Keralites, 14% Telugites, 5% Africans, 8% Europeans and 6% mixed races.
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Pune City- Language and Literates
The people of Pune are also called as Puneites. Marathis is the main language spoken by the people of Pune. Hindi is the next important language commonly used by the people. The educated class and the young college goers speak mostly in English.
Pune is India's 7th largest city. The Pimpri-Chinchwad area is a part of Pune city and comprises mainly the industrial sectors. The district of Pune includes 13 panchyat samitis and 14 talukas. 71% of the total population in Pune are literates. Pune demographics have revealed that the number of male literates is 72.1% and female literates is 46%. Hinduism, Christianity and Islam are the main religions of the Pune people.
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