List of districts of Maharashtra

The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. It is also known as Maharashtra Day, initially with 26 districts. 9 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 shown below.

Districts of Maharashtra grouped by division

Regions and Divisions

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:

Konkan - (Konkan Division)
Paschim Maharashtra better known as Desh - (Pune Division)
Khandesh - (Nashik Division)[lower-alpha 1]
Marathwada - (Aurangabad Division)
Vidarbha - (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - formerly part of (Central Provinces and Berar)[lower-alpha 2]

Divisions

Name of Division (Headquarter)	Region	Districts	Largest City
Amravati Division (HQ: Amravati)	Vidarbha (Varhad)	Akola Amravati Buldana Yavatmal Washim	Amravati
Aurangabad Division (HQ: Aurangabad)	Marathwada	Aurangabad Beed Jalna Osmanabad Nanded Latur Parbhani Hingoli	Aurangabad
Konkan Division (HQ: Mumbai)	Konkan	Mumbai City Mumbai Suburban Thane Palghar Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg	Mumbai
Nagpur Division (HQ: Nagpur)	Vidarbha	Bhandara Chandrapur Gadch iroli Gondia Nagpur Wardha	Nagpur
Nashik Division (HQ: Nashik)	Khandesh	Dhule Jalgaon Nandurbar Nashik Ahmednagar	Nashik
Pune Division (HQ: Pune)	Paschim Maharashtra	Kolhapur Pune Sangli Satara Solapur	Pune

Nashik district culturally does not belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a same pattern which was called Gangathadi.
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 Vidharbha Division of Maharashtra.

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 (2011 Census)	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	4,543,159	4,088,077	4.22%	234.77	19.67	80.22	941	14	District website
2	Akola	AK	1 May 1960	Akola	Amravati	5,417	1,813,906	1,818,617	1.68%	300.78	44.04	88.05	938	7	District website
3	Amravati	AM	1 May 1960	Amravati	Amravati	12,626	2,888,445	2,606,063	2.69%	206.40	34.50	82.5	838	14	District website
4	Aurangabad	AU	1 May 1960	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	10,100	3,701,282	2,897,013	2.99%	286.83	37.53	61.15	924	9	District website
5	Beed	BI	1 May 1960	Beed	Aurangabad	10,439	2,585,049	2,161,250	2.23%	207.04	17.91	68	936	11	District website
6	Bhandara	BH	1 May 1960	Bhandara	Nagpur	3,717	1,200,334	1,135,835	1.17%	305.58	15.44	68.28	982	7	District website
7	Buldhana	BU	1 May 1960	Buldhana	Amravati	9,680	2,486,258	2,232,480	2.3%	230.63	21.2	75.8	946	13	District website
8	Chandrapur	CH	1 May 1960	Chandrapur	Nagpur	10,695	2,204,307	2,071,101	2.14%	193.65	32.11	73.03	948	15	District website
9	Dhule	DH	1 May 1960	Dhule	Nashik	8,063	2,050,862	1,707,947	1.76%	211.83	26.11	71.6	944	4	District website
10	Gadchiroli	GA	26 August 1982	Gadchiroli	Nagpur	14,412	1,072,942	970,294	1%	67.33	6.93	60.1	976	12	District website
11	Gondia	GO	1 May 1999	Gondia	Nagpur	4,843	1,322,507	1,200,151	1.24%	247.81	11.95	67.67	1005	8	District website
12	Hingoli	HI	1 May 1999	Hingoli	Aurangabad	4,526	1,177,345	987,160	1.02%	218.11	15.2	66.86	953	5	District website
13	Jalgaon	JG	1 May 1960	Jalgaon	Nashik	11,765	4,229,917	3,679,936	3.8%	312.79	71.4	76.06	932	15	District website
14	Jalna	JN	1 May 1981	Jalna	Aurangabad	7,612	1,959,046	1,612,357	1.66%	211.82	19.09	64.52	952	8	District website
15	Kolhapur	KO	1 May 1960	Kolhapur	Pune	7,685	3,876,001	3,515,413	3.63%	457.44	29.65	77.23	949	12	District website
16	Latur	LA	16 August 1982	Latur	Aurangabad Division	7,372	2,454,196	2,080,285	2.15%	282.19	23.57	71.54	935	10	District website
17	Mumbai City	MC	1 May 1960	Mumbai	Konkan	157	3,085,411	3,326,837	3.43%	49,140.9	100	86.4	777	0	District website
18	Mumbai Suburban	MU	1 October 1990	Bandra	Konkan	446	9,356,962	8,587,000	8.86%	23,271	100	86.9	822	3	District website
19	Nagpur	NG	1 May 1960	Nagpur	Nagpur	9,897	4,653,570	4,051,444	4.18%	409.36	64.33	84.18	933	14	District website
20	Nanded	ND	1 May 1960	Nanded	Aurangabad	10,422	3,361,292	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	1,648,295	1,309,135	1.35%	260	15.5	46.63	975	6	District website
22	Nashik	NS	1 May 1960	Nashik	Nashik	15,530	6,107,187	4,993,796	5.15%	321.56	38.8	74.4	927	15	District website
23	Osmanabad	OS	1 May 1960	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	7,569	1,657,576	1,486,586	1.53%	197.89	17.0	78.4	924	8	District website
24	Palghar	PL	1 August 2014	Palghar	Konkan	5,344		2,990,116 (2011)	3.09% (2011)	562	50	80	900	8	District website
25	Parbhani	PA	1 May 1960	Parbhani	Aurangabad	6,251	1,836,086	1,527,715	1.58%	244.4	31.8	55.15	958	9	District website
26	Pune	PU	1 May 1960	Pune	Pune	15,642	9,429,408	7,224,224	7.46%	461.85	58.1	80.78	919	14	District website
27	Raigad	RG	1 May 1960	Alibag	Konkan	7,148	2,634,200	2,207,929	2.28%	308.89	24.2	77	976	15	District website
28	Ratnagiri	RT	1 May 1960	Ratnagiri	Konkan	8,208	1,615,069	1,696,777	1.75%	206.72	11.3	65.13	1,136	9	District website
29	Sangli	SN	1 May 1960	Sangli	Pune	8,578	2,822,143	2,583,524	2.67%	301.18	24.5	62.41	957	10	District website
30	Satara	ST	1 May 1960	Satara	Pune	10,484	3,003,741	2,796,906	2.89%	266.77	14.2	78.52	995	11	District website
31	Sindhudurg	SI	1 May 1981	Oros	Konkan	5,207	849,651	868,825	0.9%	166.86	9.5	80.3	1,079	8	District website
32	Solapur	SO	1 May 1960	Solapur	Pune	14,845	4,317,756	3,849,543	3.97%	259.32	31.8	71.2	935	11	District website
33	Thane	TH	1 May 1960	Thane	Konkan	9,558	11,060,148	8,131,849	8.39%	850.71	72.58	80.67	858	7	District website
34	Wardha	WR	1 May 1960	Wardha	Nagpur	6,310	1,300,774	1,230,640	1.27%	195.03	25.17	80.5	936	8	District website
35	Washim	WS	1 July 1998	Washim	Amravati	5,150	1,197,160	1,020,216	1.05%	275.98	17.49	74.02	939	6	District website
36	Yavatmal	YTL	1 May 1960	Yavatmal	Amravati	13,584	2,772,348	2,077,144	2.14%	152.93	18.6	57.96	951	16	District website
Maharashtra	-	-	-	-	-	307,713		96,878,627	-	314.42	42.43	77.27	922	-	-

References

List of districts and divisions

Census of India

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[2] Nashik district culturally does not belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a same pattern which was called Gangathadi.

[3] 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 Vidharbha Division of Maharashtra.

[1] List of districts and divisions

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