The population of Pune was 2, 538, 473 in 2001. Rounded off to nearest thousands, the population was __________.

The population of Pune rounded off to thousands in 2001 is 2538000.

The digit in the hundreds place is 4, which is less than 5. So, we replace each of the hundreds, tens and ones digits by 0 and keep the other digits as it is.

So, the number 2538473 rounded to nearest thousands is 2538000.