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| Khoni | |
|---|---|
| City | |
  Khoni Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 19°18′41″N73°03′16″E / 19.3113°N 73.0544°E Coordinates: 19°18′41″N73°03′16″E / 19.3113°N 73.0544°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Thane |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 22,687 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Khoni is a census town in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
A census town is a type of town that satisfies certain characteristics, depending on the country in which it is located.
Thane District ([]) is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra in Konkan Division. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the nation, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, in August 2014 the district was split into two with the creation of a new Palghar district, leaving the reduced Thane district with a 2011 Census population of 8,070,032. The headquarters of the district is the city of Thane. Other major cities in the district are Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayander, Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Badlapur, Murbad and Shahapur.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
