 Pimpri Chinchwad is west of Pune on the Pune-Mumbai national highway, and its corporation covers Nigdi, Akurdi, Pimpri, Chinchwad and Bhosari.The region was zoned for industrial development by the state of Maharashtra in the early 1960s.Pune district is divided into 15 talukas (Junnar taluka, Ambegaon taluka, Khed taluka, Maval taluka, Mulshi taluka, Velhe taluka, Bhor taluka, Haveli taluka, Purandar taluka, Pimpri Chinchwad taluka, Pune City taluka, Indapur taluka, Daund taluka, Baramati taluka and Shirur taluka) and 13 panchayat samitis.