Divisions
Administratively the district is divided into 15 talukas and 13 Panchayat Samitis. These are Junnar tehsil, Ambegaon tehsil, Khed tehsil, Maval tehsil, Mulshi tehsil, Velhe tehsil, Bhor tehsil, Haveli tehsil, Purandar tehsil, Pimpri-Chinchwad City tensil, Pune City tehsil, Indapur tehsil, Daund tehsil, Baramati tehsil and Shirur tehsil. Pune city is the administrative headquarters of the district. There are around 1,866 villages in the district.
There are 18 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district. These are Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed-Alandi, Maval, Mulshi, Haveli, Bopodi, Shivajinagar, Parvati (SC), Kasba Peth, Bhvani Peth, Pune Cantonment, Shirur, Daund, Indapur, Baramati, Purandhar and Bhor. The 4 Lok Sabha constituencies of the district are Pune, Baramati, Shirur and Maval (is shared by Raigad district).
The Pune District is under proposal to be divided and a separate Baramati District be carved out of existing Pune district with the inclusion of the eastern parts of Pune district which include Shirur, Purandar, Daund, Baramati and Indapur talukas as well as Phaltan taluka from neighbouring Satara district in the proposed Baramati district.
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