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Please read: a personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Read now List of districts of MaharashtraFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Location of Maharashtra in IndiaThe 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.

Contents [hide] 1 Regions and Divisions 1.1 Regions 1.2 Divisions 2 Districts 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Regions and DivisionsMaharashtra is divided into thirtyfive districts, which are grouped into six divisions.[1] These are official revenue divisions of government of Maharashtra.

Districts and divisions of Maharashtra[edit] RegionsGeographically, historically and according to political sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions:

Vidarbha Region - (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - (Old Berar Region) Marathwada Region - (Aurangabad Division) Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra Region - (Nashik Division) Desh or Paschim Maharashtra Region - (Pune Division) Konkan - (Konkan Division) [edit] DivisionsName 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 Konkan Division (HQ: Mumbai) Konkan 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 Paschim Maharashtra Kolhapur Pune Sangli Satara Solapur Pune

[edit] DistrictsThe 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 18,18,617 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 15 August 1982 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] ReferencesCensus of India 1.^ List of districts and divisions [edit] See alsoTehsils in Maharashtra Maharashtra

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