Katraj
Katraj is suburb of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and within the jurisdiction of Pune Municipal Corporation.
Katraj is suburb of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and within the jurisdiction of Pune Municipal Corporation. Katraj is famous for its Peshwa-era lake that supplied water to the city during that period. The village lies at the foot of the Katraj Ghat or mountain pass on the main National Highway 4 connecting Pune with places south of the city, such as Kolhapur and Bangalore. In recent decades area surrounding the lake and the village of Katraj became part the City of Pune. The former rural area is now surrounded by residential complexes. The lakeside hosts the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park. Bharati Vidyapeeth, a deemed university, has its main campus here. A large Jain temple was built here in late 20th century.
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Worth seeing in and around Katraj
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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- 06Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune
College in Pune, Maharashtra, India
900 m · Wikipedia - 07
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Katraj
- Airports
- Pune (PNQ), 16 km · Navi Mumbai (NMI), 103 km · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (BOM), 126 km
- Navi Mumbai → Katraj110 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ₹880–1,110
- Mumbai → Katraj123 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · ₹990–1,240
- Kakadi → Katraj787 km · quickest by road, 15h 2m · ₹6,150–7,700
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No local-transport research exists yet for Katraj
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Katraj. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is a massive army of three-wheeled rickshaws.
- Get aroundSome prepaid rickshaw stands can be found at Shivajinagar, Swargate Bus Depot and Pune Airport.
- Get aroundAll rickshaws plying in the Pune Municipal Corporation limits are supposed to charge according to the meter.
- Get aroundIf they still refuse, walk away: there are plenty of other rickshaws on the roads.
- Get aroundIn fact, drivers of rickshaws that you flag down from the streets (if practical and possible) will often be more agreeable than those waiting in stands, who demand more fare.
From Wikivoyage: Pune, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Katraj
Katraj is 7 km from Pune, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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