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{{Infobox settlement 
| name = Kalyan-Dombivli
| official_name =
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = Marathi
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Twin City<br/>[[Mumbai Metropolitan Region]]
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
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| coordinates = {{coord|19|14|N|73|8|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thane district|Thane]]
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| governing_body = [[Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Harshali Chaudhari ( [[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|SHS]])
| leader_title2 = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader_name2 = Rahul Damle ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_title3 = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]] & Administrator
| leader_name3 = Mr.Abhinay Goyal
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 137.15
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| population_total = 1246381
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = MH-05
| website = [http://www.kdmc.gov.in kdmc.gov.in]
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'''Kalyan-Dombivli''' is a twin city and it comes under Mumbai Metropolitan Region and it is a [[municipal corporation]] with its headquarters located in [[Kalyan]] in [[Thane district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]]. It was formed in 1982 to administer the twin townships of [[Kalyan]] and [[Dombivli]]. [[Kalyan]] has a history of over 700 years. Kalyan is also a major Railway Junction for the trains operating in Central Railway.

In 2016, the government of India announced five cities of Maharashtra state for the Smart Cities project. Kalyan-Dombivli is one of them. The other four cities are [[Aurangabad]], [[Nashik]], [[Nagpur]], and [[Thane]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Thane-Kalyan-Dombivli-among-5-in-state-to-make-it-to-smart-city-list/articleshow/54433975.cms|title=Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli among 5 in state to make it to smart city list|work=Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929205349/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Thane-Kalyan-Dombivli-among-5-in-state-to-make-it-to-smart-city-list/articleshow/54433975.cms|archive-date=29 September 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Demographics==

{{Historical population
| source = [[Government of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Census Tables |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref>
|1901 | 10749
|1911 | 12600
|1921 | 17829
|1931 | 26291
|1941 | 31356
|1951 | 67006
|1961 | 104981
|1971 | 178404
|1981 | 343167
|1991 | 1014557
|2001 | 1193512
|2011 | 1247327
|align = center
|percentages=pagr}}

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Kalyan-Dombivli (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Population by Religion - Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|80.75}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|mediumblue|7.28}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|6.76}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|pink|2.67}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Maharashtra|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|2.12}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.43}}
}}

As of the 2011 census official report, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation had 302,735 households and a population of 1,247,327. 121,122 (9.71%) were under the age of 7. Kalyan-Dombivli had a sex ratio of 920 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 91.37% for those 7 years and above. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 121,897 (9.77%) and 36,864 (2.96%) of the population respectively. Kalyan-Dombivli is also considered one of the fastest developing city after [[Navi Mumbai]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Thane |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/834/download/36204/DH_2011_2721_PART_A_DCHB_THANE.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Kalyan-Dombvili (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value1 = 60.50 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 15.30 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value3 = 5.10 |color3 = lightblue
|label4 = [[Urdu]] |value4 = 3.56 |color4 = green
|label5 = [[Malayalam]] |value5 = 2.95 |color5 = cornflowerblue
|label6 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] |value6 = 1.95 |color6 = royalblue
|label7 = [[Kannada]] |value7 = 1.82 |color7 = darkslateblue
|label8 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value8 = 1.46 |color8 = gold
|label9 = [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] |value9 = 1.29 |color9 = springgreen
|label10 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]] |value10 = 1.08 |color10 = maroon
|label11 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value11 = 0.96 |color11 = steelblue
|label12 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value12 = 0.95 |color12 = orchid
|label13 = Others |value13 = 4.08 |color13 = gray
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]] in the residual district, 59.50% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 15.30% [[Hindi]], 5.10% [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 3.56% [[Urdu]], 2.95% [[Malayalam]], 1.95% [[Tamil language|Tamil]], 1.82% [[Kannada]], 1.46% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 1.29% [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]], 1.08% [[Marwari language|Marwari]], 0.96% [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and 0.95% [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kdmc.gov.in Kalyan Dombivli Municipal website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429205136/http://www.kdmc.gov.in/ |date=29 April 2017 }}

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