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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhankawadi
| native_name = धनकवडी
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Pune Division]]
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| subdivision_type4 = [[Tehsil|Taluka]]
| subdivision_name4 =Pune City
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| postal_code = 411 043<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dhankawadi S.O Post Office – Pune, PUNE, Maharashtra|url=http://pincode.puneonline.in/SO/Dhankawadi-SO-10307|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926212010/http://pincode.puneonline.in/SO/Dhankawadi-SO-10307|archivedate=26 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''Dhankawadi''' was an outlying borough of the city of [[Pune]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]]. It lies on the southern edge of the city along old [[National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)|Route 4]] just north of where the Route 4 bypass leaves old Route 4, about {{Convert|6.5|km|mi|1}} south of the Pune city centre.

Dhankawadi was a small village that was subsumed into Pune in 1995 and now counted into pune city. The area has been ongoing rapid building development since 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 September 2012|title=PMC's unauthorised structure problem|newspaper=Pune Mirror|location=Pune, India|url=http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/201209262012092609050218822ccecc6/PMC%E2%80%99s-unauthorised-structure-problem.html?pageno=1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926214605/http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/201209262012092609050218822ccecc6/PMC%E2%80%99s-unauthorised-structure-problem.html?pageno=1|archivedate=26 September 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref> Part of Dhankawadi has been reserved for a bio-diversity park; however, the park remains in the proposal stage.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 October 2010|title=BDP becomes slum on rent|newspaper=Pune Mirror|location=Pune, India|url=http://www.punemirror.in/article/62/20101025201010252338149841b9bdcba/BDP-becomes-slum-on-rent.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030073503/http://www.punemirror.in/article/62/20101025201010252338149841b9bdcba/BDP-becomes-slum-on-rent.html|archivedate=30 October 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref>

Dhankawadi is also a home to many of the top colleges in Pune, including [https://pict.edu/ Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT)], [[Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering, Pune|Bharti Vidyapeeth Deemed University(BVPDU)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bvuniversity.edu.in/|title=Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Pune, India's Best Private University|website=bvuniversity.edu.in|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>

It also includes many local attractions like [[Katraj|Katraj Lake]] which has an island with a large statue of warrior king [[Shivaji]] and a huge [[Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park]] with a snake park and animal rescue center.

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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Pune]]

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