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Warje

Warje-shivane
Warje-Malwadi
suburb
Nickname(s): warje Gaon
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Pune
Government
 • Body Pune corporation
Population
 • Total 100,000
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 411 058
Vehicle registration MH-11, MH-12
Nearest city PUNE
Vidhan Sabha constituency Haveli
Civic agency Pune corporation

Warje(वारजे )is one of the many upcoming suburbs of Pune, Maharashtra, India. It is located on the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass in between Pune's Chandni Chowk entry and Katraj entry. Warje used to be one of Pune's important Octroi check points. At the Warje junction(commonly referred to as the Warje Chowk), a road leads to Deccan Gymkhana(via-Karve Road) and the other to the famous Khadakwasla dam, one of the sources of Pune's drinking water, & the National Defense Academy (India), one of India's premier military training institutes.

Warje village is situated about 10 km from center of Pune. It was a very small village before 1970 with farming being main economical activity. Warje is on the bank of Mutha river which has catchment area in western hills and which brought good soil as well as sufficient water for farming. With a dense forest in proximity to river and creek areas, Warje was one of the stops during sheep migration from Konkan to regions inland. Warje can be seen directly as a communication point between Singhgad fort and Pune city. Signs of these can be seen in rock areas next to Ganpati temple at the west of the town. Ganpati temple has existed since 1982 and for probably quite some time before that. The temple was rebuilt in 1990 and is known as Ganpati Mathab.warje gaon is exist in shivajis era in warje there are many land founder e.g. chaudhri, baratepatil,dodke,and dangatpatil.barate Patil and Dangatpatil take are dominant society in warje shivane area, both society are Patil of shivane and warje .in shivaji era bhikoji Dangatpatil are sardar raje in shivaji army they was awarded by rajmata jijabai saheb bhonsale by raje padvi (sir) bhikojirao was the founder of shivane gaon and bapujibuvaj temple, his clan goddess wa vadjai mata and waghjai mata, bartepatil had believe in clangodess shirkai mata which is in Shirkoli.

Warje saw lot of change after 1970, with significant increase in population of Pune. The change from village to suburb took toll on environment. Major part of the forest, fertile lands were converted to apartment complexes of concrete and tar. Most of the land in Warje is now occupied by housing complexes. Just under the Warje fly-over bridge everyday early morning there is a crowd of unskilled labour which awaits daily wage based work from contractors, transporters and construction builders.


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