Demography
Population[edit]
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The population of the Pune city is 3,124,458 and Pune Urban Agglomeration (Pune Metropolitan Area) is 5,057,709 as of 2011 census.[55] The same was about 4,485,000 in 2005. The migrating population rose from 43,900 in 2001 to 88,200 in 2005.[56] The estimated population in 2016 for the Pune metro region is 6,226,959.[54] According to the Pune Municipal Corporation, 40% of the population lived in slums in 2001.[57] The sharp increase in censorial decade of 1991–2001 can be attributed to the absorption of 38 fringe villages into the city.[58] The average literacy rate of Pune was 86.15 in 2011 compared to 80.45 in 2001.[59][60] Marathi is the official and most widely spoken language, while English and Hindi are understood and spoken. Pune has a great Marathi influence, because it was the bastion of the Maratha Empire
