List of districts of Maharashtra

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The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. It is also known as Maharashtra Day, initially with 22 districts on 1974. 14 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.

Regions

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

  • Konkan – (Konkan Division)
  • Paschim Maharashtra also known as Desh – (Pune Division)
  • Khandesh – (Nashik Division)
  • Marathwada – (Aurangabad Division)
  • Vidarbha – (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) – formerly part of (Central Provinces and Berar)

Divisions

Name of Division
(Headquarter)		 Region Districts Largest City
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
  • Gadchiroli
  • 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
  1. ^ Nashik district culturally does not belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a same pattern which was called Gangathadi.
  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 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 17,048 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 5,428 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 12,235 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 10,693 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 9,661 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 11,443 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 7,195 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 5,234 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 7,687 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 7,157 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 9,892 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 10,528 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 5,955 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 15,582 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 15,643 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 7,152 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 10,480 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 14,895 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 4,214 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 13,582 2,772,348 2,077,144 2.14% 152.93 18.6 57.96 951 16 District website
Maharashtra – – – – – 307,129 96,878,627 – 314.42 42.43 77.27 922 –