List of districts of Maharashtra

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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.

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Maharashtra with all of its districts

All divisions in Maharashtra

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

Regions

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

Divisions

Name of division
(headquarters)
RegionDistrictsLargest city
Pune division
(HQ: Pune)
Desh Pune
Amravati division
(HQ: Amravati)
Vidarbha (Varhad) Amravati
Aurangabad division
(HQ: Aurangabad)
Marathwada Aurangabad
Nagpur division
(HQ: Nagpur)
Vidarbha Nagpur
Nashik division
(HQ: Nashik)
North Maharashtra (Khandesh) Nashik
Konkan division
(HQ: Mumbai)
Konkan 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

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

NoNameCodeFormedHeadquartersAdministrative
division
Area (km2)Population (2011 Census)% of state
Population
Density
(per km2)
Urban (%) Literacy (%) Sex ratio TehsilsSource
1 Ahmednagar AH1 May 1960 Ahmednagar Nashik 17,0484,543,1594.04%234.7719.6780.2294114 district website
2 Akola AK1 May 1960 Akola Amravati 5,4281,813,9061.61%300.7853.2388.059387 district website
3 Amravati AM1 May 1960 Amravati Amravati 12,2352,888,4452.57%206.4034.5082.583814 district website
4 Aurangabad AU1 May 1960 Aurangabad Aurangabad 10,1003,701,2823.29%286.8337.5361.159249 district website
5 Beed BI1 May 1960 Beed Aurangabad 10,6931,200,3341.07%207.0417.916893611 district website
6 Bhandara BH1 May 1960 Bhandara Nagpur 3,7172,585,0492.30%305.5815.4468.289827 district website
7 Buldhana BU1 May 1960 Buldhana Amravati 9,6612,586,2582.30%230.6321.275.894613 district website
8 Chandrapur CH1 May 1960 Chandrapur Nagpur 11,4432,204,3071.96%193.6532.1173.0394815 district website
9 Dhule DH1 May 1960 Dhule Nashik 7,1952,050,8621.83%211.8326.1171.69444 district website
10 Gadchiroli GA26 August 1982 Gadchiroli Nagpur 14,4121,072,9420.95%67.336.9360.197612 district website
11 Gondia GO1 May 1999 Gondia Nagpur 5,2341,322,5071.18%247.8111.9567.6710058 district website
12 Hingoli HI1 May 1999 Hingoli Aurangabad 4,5261,177,3451.05%218.1115.266.869535 district website
13 Jalgaon JG1 May 1960 Jalgaon Nashik 11,7654,229,9173.76%312.7971.476.0693215 district website
14 Jalna JN1 May 1981 Jalna Aurangabad 7,6871,959,0461.74%211.8219.0964.529528 district website
15 Kolhapur KO1 May 1960 Kolhapur Pune 7,6853,876,0013.45%457.4429.6577.2394912 district website
16 Latur LA16 August 1982 Latur Aurangabad 7,1572,454,1962.18%282.1923.5771.5493510 district website
17 Mumbai City MC1 May 1960 Mumbai Konkan 1573,085,4112.75%49,140.910086.47770 district website
18 Mumbai Suburban MU1 October 1990 Bandra Konkan 4469,356,9628.33%23,27110089.68223 district website
19 Nagpur NG1 May 1960 Nagpur Nagpur 9,8924,653,5704.14%409.3664.3384.1893314 district website
20 Nanded ND1 May 1960 Nanded Aurangabad 10,5283,361,2922.99%275.9828.2968.5294216 district website
21 Nandurbar NB1 July 1998 Nandurbar Nashik 5,9551,648,2951.47%26015.546.639756 district website
22 Nashik NS1 May 1960 Nashik Nashik 15,5826,107,1875.43%321.5638.874.492715 district website
23 Osmanabad OS1 May 1960 Osmanabad Aurangabad 7,5691,657,5761.48%197.8917.078.49248 district website
24 Palghar PL1 August 2014 Palghar Konkan 5,3442,990,1162.66%56250809008 district website
25 Parbhani PA1 May 1960 Parbhani Aurangabad 6,2511,836,0861.63%244.431.855.159589 district website
26 Pune PU1 May 1960 Pune Pune 15,6439,429,4088.39%461.8558.180.7891914 district website
27 Raigad RG1 May 1960 Alibag Konkan 7,1522,634,2002.34%308.8924.27797615 district website
28 Ratnagiri RT1 May 1960 Ratnagiri Konkan 8,2081,615,0691.44%206.7211.365.131,1369 district website
29 Sangli SN1 May 1960 Sangli Pune 8,5782,822,1432.51%301.1824.582.6295710 district website
30 Satara ST1 May 1960 Satara Pune 10,4803,003,7412.67%266.7714.278.5299511 district website
31 Sindhudurg SI1 May 1981 Oros Konkan 5,207849,6510.76%166.869.580.31,0798 district website
32 Solapur SO1 May 1960 Solapur Pune 14,8954,317,7563.84%259.3231.871.293511 district website
33 Thane TH1 May 1960 Thane Konkan 4,2148,070,0327.18%850.7172.5880.678587 district website
34 Wardha WR1 May 1960 Wardha Nagpur 6,3101,300,7741.16%195.0325.1780.59368 district website
35 Washim WS1 July 1998 Washim Amravati 5,1501,197,1601.07%275.9817.4974.029396 district website
36 Yavatmal YTL1 May 1960 Yavatmal Amravati 13,5822,772,3482.47%152.9318.657.9695116 district website
Maharashtra-----307,129112,374,333100%314.4242.4377.27922--

Proposed districts

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.

Proposed districtExisting district
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

References

  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.