Kothrud

Kothrud, known Kothrud Baag in the era of the Peshwas, is the western suburb of the city of Pune, Maharashtra in India. Situated relatively near the center of an industrialized city, it has seen rapid growth in housing, making it one of the fastest developing suburbs in Asia in the 80s. Kothrud is now one of the upmarket areas of Pune, with real estate prices being quite high.

Kothrud also saw Pune's first flyover, Savarkar flyover at Paud Phata, which connected Karve Road to Paud Road.

Old landmarks in Kothrud include the Dashabhuja temple and the Mrityunjaya temple with history dating back to the Peshwa times. Kothrud is where Bajirao Peshwa's second wife Mastani used to stay.

Location

Kothrud mainly consists of the area around Karve Road and Paud Road.

Paud Road begins from Paud Phata, and leads to Chandani Chowk and the Pune-Mumbai Highway through Bhusari colony. Housing development is spread on both sides of Paud road. Karve Road begins from Deccan and ends at Warje.

Kothrud is serviced by the PMPML Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited, and has two main bus depots - Kothrud Depot and Kothrud Stand. Buses connect it to other parts of Pune like Nigdi, Hadapsar, Railway station and Swargate. A new terminus "Kumbre Park", located on the D.P. Road has also started operating PMPML buses to major parts of Pune city, a couple of years back.

Kothrud (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kothrud Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: कोथरुड विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. It is one of the twenty one constituencies of located in the Pune district and one of eight in Pune City

It is a part of the Pune (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Kasba Peth, Parvati, Pune Cantonment(SC), Shivajinagar, Vadgaon Sheri from Pune City.

Kothrud Assembly Constituency came into exitence by dividing Shivaji Nagar assembly constituency. It was not swing from NCP to Shivsena. It is the strong hold of Shivsena. After division Kothrud won by Shiv Sena and Shivajinagar by Vinayak Nimhan, ex sena man and now congress MLA.

Members of Assembly

Election results

General elections 2009

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