List of districts of Maharashtra

Districts in Indian state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra is an Indian state that was formed on 1 May 1960 with 26 initial districts. Since then, 11 additional districts have been created, the most recent of which is Palghar district. The state currently has 36 districts. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions shown below.

Maharashtra with all of its districts

## All divisions in Maharashtra

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

### Regions

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

* Konkan (Konkan division)
* Paschim Maharashtra, also known as Desh (Pune division)
* North Maharashtra (Nashik Division) - contains Khandesh[a]
* Marathwada (Aurangabad division)
* Vidarbha (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - formerly Central Provinces and Berar[b]

### Divisions

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Name of division
(headquarters) | Region | Districts | Largest city

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Pune division
(HQ: Pune) | Desh |

* Sangli
* Satara
* Solapur
* Kolhapur
* Pune

| Pune
Amravati division
(HQ: Amravati) | Vidarbha (Varhad) |

* Akola
* Amravati
* Buldhana
* Yavatmal
* Washim

| Amravati
Aurangabad division
(HQ: Aurangabad)  | Marathwada |

* Aurangabad
* Beed
* Jalna
* Osmanabad
* Nanded
* Latur
* Parbhani
* Hingoli

| Aurangabad
Nagpur division
(HQ: Nagpur) | Vidarbha |

* Bhandara
* Chandrapur
* Gadchiroli
* Gondia
* Nagpur
* Wardha

| Nagpur
Nashik division
(HQ: Nashik) | North Maharashtra (Khandesh) |

* Ahmednagar
* Dhule
* Jalgaon
* Nandurbar
* Nashik

| Nashik
Konkan division
(HQ: Mumbai) | Konkan |

* Mumbai City district
* Mumbai Suburban district
* Thane
* Palghar
* Raigad
* Ratnagiri
* Sindhudurg

| Mumbai

1. ^ Nashik and Ahmednagar districts do not culturally belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a pattern called Gangathadi. North Maharashtra is the geographical region representing all four districts except Ahmednagar.
2. ^ Amravati division used to be a separate region of Central Provinces and Berar as Berar division, known as "Varhad" in Marathi, before becoming part of Vidarbha division of Maharashtra.

## Districts

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The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 36 districts. Population data are extracted from the 2011 Census of India.

No | Name | Code | Formed | Headquarters | Administrative
division | Area (km2)  | Population (2011 Census) | % of state
Population | Density
(per km2) | Urban (%) | Literacy (%) | Sex ratio | Tehsils | Source

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1 | Ahmednagar | AH | 1 May 1960 | Ahmednagar | Nashik | 17,048  | 4,543,159  | 4.04% | 234.77 | 19.67 | 80.22 | 941 | 14 | district website
2 | Akola | AK | 1 May 1960 | Akola | Amravati | 5,428  | 1,813,906  | 1.61% | 300.78 | 53.23 | 88.05 | 938 | 7 | district website
3 | Amravati | AM | 1 May 1960 | Amravati | Amravati | 12,235  | 2,888,445  | 2.57% | 206.40 | 34.50 | 82.5 | 838 | 14 | district website
4 | Aurangabad  | AU | 1 May 1960 | Aurangabad  | Aurangabad  | 10,100  | 3,701,282  | 3.29% | 286.83 | 37.53 | 61.15 | 924 | 9 | district website
5 | Beed | BI | 1 May 1960 | Beed | Aurangabad  | 10,693  | 1,200,334  | 1.07% | 207.04 | 17.91 | 68 | 936 | 11 | district website
6 | Bhandara | BH | 1 May 1960 | Bhandara | Nagpur | 3,717  | 2,585,049  | 2.30% | 305.58 | 15.44 | 68.28 | 982 | 7 | district website
7 | Buldhana | BU | 1 May 1960 | Buldhana | Amravati | 9,661  | 2,586,258  | 2.30% | 230.63 | 21.2 | 75.8 | 946 | 13 | district website
8 | Chandrapur | CH | 1 May 1960 | Chandrapur | Nagpur | 11,443  | 2,204,307  | 1.96% | 193.65 | 32.11 | 73.03 | 948 | 15 | district website
9 | Dhule | DH | 1 May 1960 | Dhule | Nashik | 7,195  | 2,050,862  | 1.83% | 211.83 | 26.11 | 71.6 | 944 | 4 | district website
10 | Gadchiroli | GA | 26 August 1982 | Gadchiroli | Nagpur | 14,412  | 1,072,942  | 0.95% | 67.33 | 6.93 | 60.1 | 976 | 12 | district website
11 | Gondia | GO | 1 May 1999 | Gondia | Nagpur | 5,234  | 1,322,507  | 1.18% | 247.81 | 11.95 | 67.67 | 1005 | 8 | district website
12 | Hingoli | HI | 1 May 1999 | Hingoli | Aurangabad  | 4,526  | 1,177,345  | 1.05% | 218.11 | 15.2 | 66.86 | 953 | 5 | district website
13 | Jalgaon | JG | 1 May 1960 | Jalgaon | Nashik | 11,765  | 4,229,917  | 3.76% | 312.79 | 71.4 | 76.06 | 932 | 15 | district website
14 | Jalna | JN | 1 May 1981 | Jalna | Aurangabad  | 7,687  | 1,959,046  | 1.74% | 211.82 | 19.09 | 64.52 | 952 | 8 | district website
15 | Kolhapur | KO | 1 May 1960 | Kolhapur | Pune | 7,685  | 3,876,001  | 3.45% | 457.44 | 29.65 | 77.23 | 949 | 12 | district website
16 | Latur | LA | 16 August 1982 | Latur | Aurangabad  | 7,157  | 2,454,196  | 2.18% | 282.19 | 23.57 | 71.54 | 935 | 10 | district website
17 | Mumbai City | MC | 1 May 1960 | Mumbai | Konkan | 157  | 3,085,411  | 2.75% | 49,140.9 | 100 | 86.4 | 777 | 0 | district website
18 | Mumbai Suburban | MU | 1 October 1990 | Bandra | Konkan | 446  | 9,356,962  | 8.33% | 23,271 | 100 | 89.6 | 822 | 3 | district website
19 | Nagpur | NG | 1 May 1960 | Nagpur | Nagpur | 9,892  | 4,653,570  | 4.14% | 409.36 | 64.33 | 84.18 | 933 | 14 | district website
20 | Nanded | ND | 1 May 1960 | Nanded | Aurangabad  | 10,528  | 3,361,292  | 2.99% | 275.98 | 28.29 | 68.52 | 942 | 16 | district website
21 | Nandurbar | NB | 1 July 1998 | Nandurbar | Nashik | 5,955  | 1,648,295  | 1.47% | 260 | 15.5 | 46.63 | 975 | 6 | district website
22 | Nashik | NS | 1 May 1960 | Nashik | Nashik | 15,582  | 6,107,187  | 5.43% | 321.56 | 38.8 | 74.4 | 927 | 15 | district website
23 | Osmanabad | OS | 1 May 1960 | Osmanabad | Aurangabad | 7,569  | 1,657,576  | 1.48% | 197.89 | 17.0 | 78.4 | 924 | 8 | district website
24 | Palghar | PL | 1 August 2014 | Palghar | Konkan | 5,344  | 2,990,116 | 2.66% | 562 | 50 | 80 | 900 | 8 | district website
25 | Parbhani | PA | 1 May 1960 | Parbhani | Aurangabad  | 6,251  | 1,836,086  | 1.63% | 244.4 | 31.8 | 55.15 | 958 | 9 | district website
26 | Pune | PU | 1 May 1960 | Pune | Pune | 15,643  | 9,429,408  | 8.39% | 461.85 | 58.1 | 80.78 | 919 | 14 | district website
27 | Raigad | RG | 1 May 1960 | Alibag | Konkan | 7,152  | 2,634,200  | 2.34% | 308.89 | 24.2 | 77 | 976 | 15 | district website
28 | Ratnagiri | RT | 1 May 1960 | Ratnagiri | Konkan | 8,208  | 1,615,069  | 1.44% | 206.72 | 11.3 | 65.13 | 1,136 | 9 | district website
29 | Sangli | SN | 1 May 1960 | Sangli | Pune | 8,578  | 2,822,143  | 2.51% | 301.18 | 24.5 | 82.62 | 957 | 10 | district website
30 | Satara | ST | 1 May 1960 | Satara | Pune | 10,480  | 3,003,741  | 2.67% | 266.77 | 14.2 | 78.52 | 995 | 11 | district website
31 | Sindhudurg | SI | 1 May 1981 | Oros | Konkan | 5,207  | 849,651  | 0.76% | 166.86 | 9.5 | 80.3 | 1,079 | 8 | district website
32 | Solapur | SO | 1 May 1960 | Solapur | Pune | 14,895  | 4,317,756  | 3.84% | 259.32 | 31.8 | 71.2 | 935 | 11 | district website
33 | Thane | TH | 1 May 1960 | Thane | Konkan | 4,214  | 8,070,032  | 7.18% | 850.71 | 72.58 | 80.67 | 858 | 7 | district website
34 | Wardha | WR | 1 May 1960 | Wardha | Nagpur | 6,310  | 1,300,774  | 1.16% | 195.03 | 25.17 | 80.5 | 936 | 8 | district website
35 | Washim | WS | 1 July 1998 | Washim | Amravati | 5,150  | 1,197,160  | 1.07% | 275.98 | 17.49 | 74.02 | 939 | 6 | district website
36 | Yavatmal | YTL | 1 May 1960 | Yavatmal | Amravati | 13,582  | 2,772,348  | 2.47% | 152.93 | 18.6 | 57.96 | 951 | 16 | district website
Maharashtra | - | - | - | - | - | 307,129 | 112,374,333 | 100% | 314.42 | 42.43 | 77.27 | 922 | - | \-

## Proposed districts

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In 2018, then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis constituted a committee under leadership of Chief secretary. The committee has proposed 22 new districts.[2][3] Earlier in 2015, former ministers has demanded formation of new districts, they were Katol (Nagpur), Chimur(Chandrapur), Pusad (Yavatmal), Khamgaon (Buldhana), Achalpur (Amravati), and Aheri (Gadchiroli).[4][5]

Sr.

No.

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1  | Kalwan | Nashik
2  | Malegaon
3  | Mira Bhayandar | Thane
4  | Navi Mumbai
5  | Kalyan
6  | Pusad | Yavatmal
7  | Achalpur | Amravati
8  | Sakoli | Bhandara
9  | Chimur | Chandrapur
10  | Aheri | Gadchiroli
11  | Bhusawal | Jalgaon
12  | Udgir | Latur
13  | Ambajogai | Beed
14  | Kinwat | Nanded
15  | Mandesh | Satara
16  | Shivneri | Pune
17  | Baramati | Pune
18  | Jawhar | Palghar
19  | Mandangad | Ratnagiri
20  | Mahad | Raigad
21  | Sangamner | Ahmednagar
22  | Shirdi
23  | Shrirampur
24  | Khamgaon | Buldhana
25  | Katol
26  | Parseoni | Nagpur

## See also

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* Tehsils in Maharashtra

## References

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1. ^ "Districts". Maharashtra government website. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
2. ^ Marathi, TV9 (28 January 2020). "राज्यात नव्या 22 जिल्ह्यांचा प्रस्ताव, लातूरमधून उदगीर, नाशिकमधून मालेगाव, कळवण, तर नगरमध्ये 3 जिल्ह्यांचं नियोजन". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ "कल्याण, मीरा-भाईंदर, महाडसह २२ नव्या जिल्ह्यांची निर्मिती होणार?". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
4. ^ "Former minister demands creation of 22 new districts in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
5. ^ टीम, एबीपी माझा वेब (29 January 2020). "लातूरनंतर महाराष्ट्रातील 'या' जिल्ह्यांमधून विभाजनाची मागणी". marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.

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