List of districts of Maharashtra

Location of Maharashtra in India

The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on May 1, 1960 (also known as Maharashtra Day), initially with 26 districts. Ten new districts have been created since then, and currently the number of districts in the state is 36. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions.

Regions and Divisions

Maharashtra is divided into 36 districts, which are grouped into six divisions.[1]

Districts and divisions of Maharashtra (without Palghar district)

Regions

Geographically, historically, and according to political sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions:

Divisions

Name of Division
(Headquarter) 		Region Districts Largest City
Amravati Division
(HQ: Amravati)		 Vidarbha Amravati
Aurangabad Division
(HQ: Aurangabad)		 Marathwada Aurangabad
Konkan Division
(HQ: Mumbai) 		Konkan Mumbai
Nagpur Division
(HQ: Nagpur) 		Vidarbha Nagpur
Nashik Division
(HQ: Nashik) 		Khandesh
  • Ahmednagar(Ahmednagar being a part of Nashik division is not a part of Khandesh region, it is a part of Desh region)
  • Dhule
  • Jalgaon
  • Nandurbar
  • Nashik (Nashik district culturally does not belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad districts share a same pattern which was called Gangathadi.)
 Nashik
Pune Division
(HQ: Pune) 		Paschim Maharashtra Pune

Districts

The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 36 districts. Population data are 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 4,088,077 4.22% 234.77 19.67 80.22 941 14 District website
2Akola AK 1 May 1960 Akola Amravati 5,417 1,818,617 1.68% 300.78 38.49 81.41 938 7 District website
3Amravati AM 1 May 1960 Amravati Amravati 12,626 2,606,063 2.69% 206.40 34.50 82.5 938 14 District website
4Aurangabad AU 1 May 1960 Aurangabad Aurangabad 10,100 2,897,013 2.99% 286.83 37.53 61.15 924 9 District website
5Beed BI 1 May 1960 Beed Aurangabad 10,439 2,161,250 2.23% 207.04 17.91 68 936 11 District website
6Bhandara BH 1 May 1960 Bhandara Nagpur 3,717 1,135,835 1.17% 305.58 15.44 68.28 982 7 District website
7Buldhana BU 1 May 1960 Buldhana Amravati 9,680 2,232,480 2.3% 230.63 21.2 75.8 946 13 District website
8Chandrapur CH 1 May 1960 Chandrapur Nagpur 10,695 2,071,101 2.14% 193.65 32.11 73.03 948 15 District website
9Dhule DH 1 May 1960 Dhule Nashik 8,063 1,707,947 1.76% 211.83 26.11 71.6 944 4 District website
10Gadchiroli GA 26 August 1982 Gadchiroli Nagpur 14,412 970,294 1% 67.33 6.93 60.1 976 12 District website
11Gondia GO 1 May 1999 Gondia Nagpur 4,843 1,200,151 1.24% 247.81 11.95 67.67 1005 8 District website
12Hingoli HI 1 May 1999 Hingoli Aurangabad 4,526 987,160 1.02% 218.11 15.2 66.86 953 5 District website
13Jalgaon JG 1 May 1960 Jalgaon Nashik 11,765 3,679,936 3.8% 312.79 71.4 76.06 932 15 District website
14Jalna JN 1 May 1981 Jalna Aurangabad 7,612 1,612,357 1.66% 211.82 19.09 64.52 952 8 District website
15Kolhapur KO 1 May 1960 Kolhapur Pune 7,685 3,515,413 3.63% 457.44 29.65 77.23 949 10 District website
16Latur LA 15 August 1982 Latur Aurangabad 7,372 2,080,285 2.15% 282.19 23.57 71.54 935 10 District website
17Mumbai City MC 1 May 1960 Mumbai Konkan 67.7 3,326,837 3.43% 49,140.9 100 86.4 777 0 District website
18Mumbai Suburban MU 1 October 1990 Bandra Konkan 369 8,587,000 8.86% 23,271 100 86.9 822 3 District website
19 Nagpur NG 1 May 1960 Nagpur Nagpur 9,897 4,051,444 4.18% 409.36 64.33 84.18 933 13 District website
20 Nanded ND 1 May 1960 Nanded Aurangabad 10,422 2,876,259 2.97% 275.98 28.29 68.52 942 16 District website
21 Nandurbar NB 1 July 1998 Nandurbar Nashik 5,035 1,309,135 1.35% 260 15.5 46.63 975 6 District website
22 Nashik NS 1 May 1960 Nashik Nashik 15,530 4,993,796 5.15% 321.56 38.8 74.4 927 15 District website
23 Osmanabad OS 1 May 1960 Osmanabad Aurangabad 7,512 1,486,586 1.53% 197.89 15.7 54.27 932 8 District website
24 Parbhani PA 1 May 1960 Parbhani Aurangabad 6,251 1,527,715 1.58% 244.4 31.8 55.15 958 9 District website
25 Pune PU 1 May 1960 Pune Pune 15,642 7,224,224 7.46% 461.85 58.1 80.78 919 14 District website

Palghar District

26 Raigad RG 1 May 1960 Alibag Konkan 7,148 2,207,929 2.28% 308.89 24.2 77 976 15 District website
27 Ratnagiri RT 1 May 1960 Ratnagiri Konkan 8,208 1,696,777 1.75% 206.72 11.3 65.13 1,136 9 District website
28 Sangli SN 1 May 1960 Sangli Pune 8,578 2,583,524 2.67% 301.18 24.5 62.41 957 10 District website
29 Satara ST 1 May 1960 Satara Pune 10,484 2,796,906 2.89% 266.77 14.2 78.52 995 11 District website
30 Sindhudurg SI 1 May 1981 Oros Konkan 5,207 868,825 0.9% 166.86 9.5 80.3 1,079 8 District website
31 Solapur SO 1 May 1960 solapur Pune 14,845 3,849,543 3.97% 259.32 31.8 71.2 935 11 District website
32 Thane TH 1 May 1960 Thane Konkan 9,558 8,131,849 8.39% 850.71 72.58 80.67 858 15 District website
33 Wardha WR 1 May 1960 Wardha Nagpur 6,310 1,230,640 1.27% 195.03 25.17 80.5 936 8 District website
34 Washim WS 1 July 1998 Washim Amravati 5,150 1,020,216 1.05% 275.98 17.49 74.02 939 6 District website
35 Yavatmal YA 1 May 1960 Yavatmal Amravati 13,582 2,077,144 2.14% 152.93 18.6 57.96 951 16 District website
36 Palghar PL 1 August 2014 Palghar Konkan 5,344 2,990,116
(2011) 		3.09%
(2011) 		562 50 80 900 8 [http:// District website]
Maharashtra - - - - - 307,713 96,878,627 - 314.42 42.43 77.27 922 - -

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of districts and divisions
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