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  Kalyan Location in Maharashtra, India  Kalyan Kalyan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19°14′N 73°08′E / 19.24°N 73.13°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Thane |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Vinita Rane (Shiv Sena) |
| • Municipal Commissioner | Dr. Vijay Suryawanshi |
| • Deputy Mayor | Moreshwar Bhoir (Bharatiya Janata Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 137.15 km2 (52.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8.84 m (29.00 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,246,381 (with Dombivli) |
| • Rank | 29th |
| Demonym | Kalyankar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN CODE | 421301(Kalyan (West)) 421304 (Kalyan (S.O.)) 421306 (Kalyan (East)) |
| Vehicle registration | MH-05 |
| Sex ratio | 917 females/1000 males ♂/♀ |
| Literacy Rate | 93.06% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kalyan |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kalyan |
| Civic agency | Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation |
Kalyan (Pronunciation: [kəljaːɳ]) is a city on the banks of Ulhas River in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is governed by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. Kalyan is a subdivision (Taluka) of Thane district. Kalyan and its neighbouring township of Dombivli jointly form Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation, abbreviated as KDMC. It is a founding city of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Kalyan is the 7th biggest city in Maharashtra and 29th in India. Kalyan also serves as a major railway station for the trains bound to Mumbai and is a large junction separating two routes, one going Karjat and other Kasara.
In Colonial India, the British Raj called the city Kallian, Cullian, or Calliannee. The cast iron mileposts that existed in and around Kalyan had the spelling Callian as the name for the town and were installed during the colonial times.
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A post 1857 map by John Tallis focused on the events of the Rebellion. The author spells Kalyan as "KALYAN LANJA"/"Calliannee". -
Letts's Popular Atlas, 1883 (Letts & Co., London), Spelled "Kalliannee". -
Cram atlas map, 1885. Spelled as "Callian". -
A documented map of Kalyan area 1955 from the US military. Spelled "Kalyan".
