Gondia District
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| Gondia district गोंदिया जिल्हा |
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| State | Maharashtra,  India |
| Administrative division | Nagpur Division |
| Headquarters | Gondia |
| Area | 4,843 km2 (1,870 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,200,151 (2001) |
| Population density | 247 /km2 (639.7/sq mi) |
| Urban population | 11.95% |
| Literacy | 67.67% |
| Sex ratio | 1005 |
| Tehsils | 1. Gondia, 2. Goregaon, 3. Tirora, 4. Arjuni Moregaon, 5. Deori, 6. Amgaon, 7. Salekasa, 8. Sadak Arjuni |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | 1. Bhandara-Gondiya (shared with Bhandara district, 2. Gadchiroli-Chimur (shared with Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts) |
| Assembly Seats | 4 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1197 mm |
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Gondia district (Marathi: गोंदिया जिल्हा), also known as Gondiya district, is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Gondia (Gondiya). The district occupies an area of 5,431 km² and has a population of 1,200,707 of which 11.95% were urban (as of 2001).[1] The district is part of Nagpur Division.
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[edit] Hstory
This district was carved out of Bhandara district in 1999.
[edit] Divisions
The district is divided into 2 sub-divisions, Gondia and Deori which are further divided into 8 talukas. Each sub-division consists of 4 talukas. The Gondia sub-division consists of Gondia, Goregaon, Tirora and Arjuni Moregaon talukas while Deori sub-division consists of Deori, Amgaon, Salekasa and Sadak Arjuni talukas. The district consists 556 Gram panchayats, 8 Panchayat Samitis and 954 revenue villages. Two municiplities in this district are Gondia and Tiroda.
At present, the district has 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Arjuni-Morgaon (SC), Gondiya, Tirora and Amgaon (ST). While the first three are part of Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency, the last one is part of Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST) Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
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- ^ "Districtwise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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