List of districts of Maharashtra
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The Indian state of Maharashtra came into existence on May 1, 1960 (also known as Maharashtra Day), initially with 28 districts. 7 new districts have been created since then and currently the number of districts in the state is 35. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions.
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[edit] Regions and Divisions
Maharashtra is divided into thirty-five districts, which are grouped into six divisions.[1] These are official revenue divisions of government of Maharashtra.
[edit] Regions
Geographically, historically and according to political sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions:
- Vidarbha Region - (Nagpur and Daryapur divisions) - (Old Berar Region)
- Marathwada Region - (Aurangabad Division)
- Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra Region - (Nashik Division)
- Desh or Western Maharashtra Region - (Pune Division)
- Konkan - (Mumbai Division)
[edit] Divisions
| Name of Division (Headquarter) |
Region | Districts | Largest City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amravati Division (HQ: Amravati) |
Vidarbha | Akola Amravati Buldhana Yavatmal Washim |
Amravati |
| Aurangabad Division (HQ: Aurangabad) |
Marathwada | Aurangabad Beed Hingoli Jalna Latur Nanded Osmanabad Parbhani |
Aurangabad |
| Mumbai Division (HQ: Mumbai) |
Mumbai | Mumbai Mumbai Suburban District Thane Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg |
Mumbai |
| Nagpur Division (HQ: Nagpur) |
Vidarbh | Bhandara Chandrapur Gadchiroli Gondia Nagpur Wardha |
Nagpur |
| Nashik Division (HQ: Nashik) |
Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra | Ahmednagar Dhule Jalgaon Nandurbar Nashik |
Nashik |
| Pune Division (HQ: Pune) |
Desh or Western Maharashtra | Kolhapur Pune Sangli Satara Solapur |
Pune |
[edit] Districts
The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 35 districts. Population data is extracted from the 2001 Census of India.
| No | Name | Code | Formed | Headquarters | Administrative Division |
Area (km2) | Population (2001 census) |
% of State Population |
Density (per km2) |
Urban (%) | Literacy (%) | Sex Ratio | Tehsils | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmednagar | AH | 1 May 1960 | Ahmednagar | Nashik | 17,413 | 40,88,077 | 4.23% | 234.77 | 19.67 | 75.82 | 941 | 14 | District website |
| 2 | Akola | AK | 1 May 1960 | Akola | Amravati | 5,417 | 16,30,239 | 1.68% | 300.78 | 38.49 | 81.41 | 938 | 7 | District website |
| 3 | Amravati | AM | 1 May 1960 | Amravati | Amravati | 12,626 | 26,06,063 | 2.69% | 206.40 | 34.50 | 82.5 | 938 | 14 | District website |
| 4 | Aurangabad | AU | 1 May 1960 | Aurangabad | Aurangabad | 10,100 | 28,97,013 | 2.99% | 286.83 | 37.53 | 61.15 | 924 | 9 | District website |
| 5 | Beed | BI | 1 May 1960 | Beed | Aurangabad | 10,439 | 21,61,250 | 2.23% | 207.04 | 17.91 | 68 | 936 | 11 | District website |
| 6 | Bhandara | BH | 1 May 1960 | Bhandara | Nagpur | 3,717 | 11,35,835 | 1.17% | 305.58 | 15.44 | 68.28 | 982 | 7 | District website |
| 7 | Buldhana | BU | 1 May 1960 | Buldhana | Amravati | 9,680 | 22,32,480 | 2.31% | 230.63 | 21.2 | 75.8 | 946 | 13 | District website |
| 8 | Chandrapur | CH | 1 May 1960 | Chandrapur | Nagpur | 10,695 | 20,71,101 | 2.14% | 193.65 | 32.11 | 73.03 | 948 | 15 | District website |
| 9 | Dhule | DH | 1 May 1960 | Dhule | Nashik | 8,063 | 17,07,947 | 1.77% | 211.83 | 26.11 | 71.6 | 944 | 4 | District website |
| 10 | Gadchiroli | GA | 26 August 1982 | Gadchiroli | Nagpur | 14,412 | 9,70,294 | 1% | 67.33 | 6.93 | 60.1 | 976 | 12 | District website |
| 11 | Gondia | GO | 1 May 1999 | Gondia | Nagpur | 4,843 | 12,00,151 | 1.24% | 247.81 | 11.95 | 67.67 | 1005 | 8 | District website |
| 12 | Hingoli | HI | 1 May 1999 | Hingoli | Aurangabad | 4,526 | 9,87,160 | 1.02% | 218.11 | 15.2 | 66.86 | 953 | 5 | District website |
| 13 | Jalgaon | JG | 1 May 1960 | Jalgaon | Nashik | 11,765 | 36,79,936 | 3.8% | 312.79 | 71.4 | 76.06 | 932 | 15 | District website |
| 14 | Jalna | JN | 1 May 1960 | Jalna | Aurangabad | 7,612 | 16,12,357 | 1.67% | 211.82 | 19.09 | 64.52 | 952 | 8 | District website |
| 15 | Kolhapur | KO | 1 May 1960 | Kolhapur | Pune | 7,685 | 35,15,413 | 3.63% | 457.44 | 29.65 | 77.23 | 949 | 10 | District website |
| 16 | Latur | LA | 1 May 1960 | Latur | Aurangabad | 7,372 | 20,80,285 | 2.15% | 282.19 | 23.57 | 71.54 | 935 | 10 | District website |
| 17 | Mumbai City | MC | 1 May 1960 | Mumbai | Konkan | 67.7 | 33,26,837 | 3.44% | 49,140.9 | 100 | 86.4 | 777 | 0 | District website |
| 18 | Mumbai Suburban | MU | 1 October 1990 | Bandra (East) | Konkan | 369 | 85,87,000 | 8.88% | 23,271 | 100 | 86.9 | 822 | 3 | District website |
| 19 | Nagpur | NG | 1 May 1960 | Nagpur | Nagpur | 9,897 | 40,51,444 | 4.19% | 409.36 | 64.33 | 84.18 | 933 | 13 | District website |
| 20 | Nanded | ND | 1 May 1960 | Nanded | Aurangabad | 10,422 | 28,76,259 | 2.97% | 275.98 | 28.29 | 68.52 | 942 | 16 | District website |
| 21 | Nandurbar | NB | 1 July 1998 | Nandurbar | Nashik | 5,035 | 13,09,135 | 1.35% | 260 | 15.5 | 46.63 | 975 | 6 | District website |
| 22 | Nashik | NS | 1 May 1960 | Nashik | Nashik | 15,530 | 49,93,796 | 5.16% | 321.56 | 38.8 | 74.4 | 927 | 15 | District website |
| 23 | Osmanabad | OS | 1 May 1960 | Osmanabad | Aurangabad | 7,512 | 14,86,586 | 1.54% | 197.89 | 15.7 | 54.27 | 932 | 8 | District website |
| 24 | Parbhani | PA | 1 May 1960 | Parbhani | Aurangabad | 6,251 | 15,27,715 | 1.58% | 244.4 | 31.8 | 55.15 | 958 | 9 | District website |
| 25 | Pune | PU | 1 May 1960 | Pune | Pune | 15,642 | 72,24,224 | 7.47% | 461.85 | 58.1 | 80.78 | 919 | 14 | District website |
| 26 | Raigad | RG | 1 May 1960 | Alibag | Konkan | 7,148 | 22,07,929 | 2.28% | 308.89 | 24.2 | 77 | 976 | 15 | District website |
| 27 | Ratnagiri | RT | 1 May 1960 | Ratnagiri | Konkan | 8,208 | 16,96,777 | 1.75% | 206.72 | 11.3 | 65.13 | 1,136 | 9 | District website |
| 28 | Sangli | SN | 1 May 1960 | Sangli | Pune | 8,578 | 25,83,524 | 2.67% | 301.18 | 24.5 | 62.41 | 957 | 10 | District website |
| 29 | Satara | ST | 1 May 1960 | Satara | Pune | 10,484 | 27,96,906 | 2.89% | 266.77 | 14.2 | 78.52 | 995 | 11 | District website |
| 30 | Sindhudurg | SI | 1 May 1981 | Oros | Konkan | 5,207 | 8,68,825 | 0.9% | 166.86 | 9.5 | 80.3 | 1,079 | 8 | District website |
| 31 | Solapur | SO | 1 May 1960 | Solapur | Pune | 14,845 | 38,49,543 | 3.98% | 259.32 | 31.8 | 71.2 | 935 | 11 | District website |
| 32 | Thane | TH | 1 May 1960 | Thane | Konkan | 9,558 | 81,31,849 | 8.4% | 850.71 | 72.58 | 80.67 | 858 | 15 | District website |
| 33 | Wardha | WR | 1 May 1960 | Wardha | Nagpur | 6,310 | 12,30,640 | 1.27% | 195.03 | 25.17 | 80.5 | 936 | 8 | District website |
| 34 | Washim | WS | 1 July 1998 | Washim | Amravati | 5,150 | 10,20,216 | 1.05% | 275.98 | 17.49 | 74.02 | 939 | 6 | District website |
| 35 | Yavatmal | YA | 1 May 1960 | Yavatmal | Amravati | 13,582 | 20,77,144 | 2.15% | 152.93 | 18.6 | 57.96 | 951 | 16 | District website |
| Maharashtra | - | - | - | - | 3,07,713 | 9,68,78,627 | - | 314.42 | 42.43 | 77.27 | 922 | - | - |
[edit] References
[edit] See also
Tehsils in Maharashtra Maharashtra
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