Kalyan

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Kalyan
City Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Coordinates: 19°14′N 73°08′E / 19.24°N 73.13°E / 19.24; 73.13
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.

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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".
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  Letts's Popular Atlas, 1883 (Letts & Co., London), Spelled "Kalliannee".
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  Cram atlas map, 1885. Spelled as "Callian".
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  A documented map of Kalyan area 1955 from the US military. Spelled "Kalyan".