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Bavdhan is a suburb in Pune. It is located off the Mumbai Bangalore highway by passing Pune. It is surrounded by Pashan in the north; Sus village in the west, NDA reserved forest area in south and Kothrud in east. Bavdhan has been steadily growing since the last decade as mostly the residential hub. The suburb is surrounded by the hills from south, east and west directions and the Pashan Lake in the north. It comes under the Khadkwasla Vidhan Sabha Parishad.

Bavdhan is well connected through excellent roads, to the areas of Kothrud, Paud Road, Baner, Aundh, Pashan, University circle and Sus village. The railway station is approximately 10 km away and the airport is approximately 15 km from Bhavad. Direct buses are available from Sutarwadi, Abhinav College and Bavdhan village bus stops to Deccan Gymkhana, Marketyard and Pune Station. Bavdhan is an upcoming well planned suburb, close to NDA Road, at the centre of well-developed suburbs of Aundh and Kothrud. It is also has easy connectivity from Mumbai and the main city. The Hinjenwadi IT Park is just a 20 minutes ride from Bhavdhan. Bhavdhan is also the official address of the government organizations like, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEL), which is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

A decade back Bavdhan was just an extended suburb, under developed and lacking basic facilities. But due to its location there has been increase in the real estate development. Bavdhan now has bank branches of major public and private sector banks, like, Union Bank of India, ICICI, HDFC, SBI and many more. The 2008 Commonwealth Youth games also played a major role in the facelift of the suburb. Bhavdhan is now a growing suburb new infrastructural development like wide roads, street lights, cleaning of surroundings, regular bus services and civic amenities.