Pashan
Overview
 
For the village in Azerbaijan, see Paşan
Pasan
Pasan is a city and a municipality in Shahdol district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Pasan had a population of 29,566. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pasan has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%:...

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Pashan is suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is located off the Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

-Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

 expressway by-passing Pune city. Pashan road serves as the main approach road for Mumbai-Pune expressway
Mumbai-Pune Expressway
The Mumbai Pune Expressway , officially the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway is India's first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled tolled expressway. It spans a distance of connecting Mumbai, the administrative capital of Maharashtra and the financial capital of India, with Pune, an...

. Pashan is bordered by Baner
Baner
Baner, Marathi [बाणेर] is a sub urban area of Pune. Baner is bordered by Aundh in the north, Pashan in south and Pune University in the east. According to records of Sisodiya Bhat here Mali caste people are living since last 400 years. Kalamkar family of Mali caste people got Baner as "Vatan" and...

 in north, Sus village on west, Bavdhan
Bavdhan
Bavdhan is an upcoming area just off the Western Bypass highway in the western side of Pune.Bavdhan, nestled amidst three hills on its South, East and West and the scenic Pashan Lake in the North, has seen a gradual growth in form of planned development...

 in south and Pune University in east. Pashan is mostly a residential suburb of Pune and large portions are occupied by various governmental and educational institutions.
Pashan literally means rock or stone in Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 and local Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 language.
Nimhan Pramod Namdev of Nationalist Congress Party
Nationalist Congress Party
The Nationalist Congress Party is a centre to centre left political party primarily based in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Background:...

 is the current corporator from Pashan ward (PMC ward Number:30) in Pune Municipal Corporation.
 
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