Maharashtra Districts, Administrative Division, Area, District Formation, Download PDF

Q: Which is the largest district of Maharashtra in terms of population?

The largest city in Maharashtra is Mumbai . The total area of Maharashtra is 3,07,713 km², including 2,98,619.45 km² rural area and 9,093.55 km² urban area. Maharashtra has a population of 11,23,74,333 peoples.

Q: ow many districts are there in Maharashtra?

There are a total of 36 districts in the Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Districts

In India, the state of Maharashtra is located in the western and central parts of the country. The state has a lengthy coastline (720 km) near the Arabian Sea.
Maharashtra came into existence on 1st May 1960; This day is celebrated as Maharashtra Day.
Maharashtra is the 2nd biggest state in India regarding population and third in the geographical area.
According to the 2011 census, 3% of the total population lives in Maharashtra, and the state is highly urbanized, with 45.2% living in urban areas.
Maharashtra has 35 districts, which are divided into six revenue divisions, namely Aurangabad, Amravati, Konkan, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur.
Maharashtra has five Madhya Pradesh based on geographical, political, historical and cultural sentiments.

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The districts are further divided into administrative divisions.

Konkan
Pune Division
Khandesh
Marathwada
Vidarbha

Note: Maharashtra has a long tradition of having statutory bodies for planning at the district level.
There are 33 Zilla Parishads, 351 Panchayat Samitis and 27,906 Gram Panchayats for effective local government.
Urban areas are controlled by 26 Municipal Corporations, 219 Municipal Councils, 7 Nagar Panchayats and 7 Cantonment Boards.

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District formation in Maharashtra

The table below gives the order of the formation of districts in Maharashtra:

No.	The former district	New district	Date
1	Ratnagiri	Sindhudurg	May 1, 1981
2	Aurangabad	Jalna'	May 1, 1981
3	Osmanabad	Latur	August 16, 1982
4	Chandrapur	Gadchiroli	August 26, 1982
5	Greater Mumbai	Mumbai Suburbs	October 1, 1990
6	Akola	Washim	July 1, 1998
7	Dhule	Nandurbar	July 1, 1998
8	Parbhani	Hingoli	May 1, 1999
9	Bhandara	Gondia	May 1, 1999
10	Thane	Palghar	August 1, 2014

District wise information in Maharashtra

The table below gives information about each district in Maharashtra:

No	Name	Headquarters	Administrative Division	Area (km2)	Population (2011 Census)	Density (per km2)	Urban (%)	Literacy (%)
1	Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar	Nashik	17,048	4,543,159	234.77	19.67	80.22
2	Akola	Akola	Amravati	5,428	1,813,906	300.78	44.04	88.05
3	Amravati	Amravati	Amravati	12,235	2,888,445	206.4	34.5	82.5
4	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	10,100	3,701,282	286.83	37.53	61.15
5	Beed	Beed	Aurangabad	10,693	2,585,049	207.04	17.91	68
6	Bhandara	Bhandara	Nagpur	3,717	1,200,334	305.58	15.44	68.28
7	Buldhana	Buldhana	Amravati	9,661	2,486,258	230.63	21.2	75.8
8	Chandrapur	Chandrapur	Nagpur	11,443	2,204,307	193.65	32.11	73.03
9	Dhule	Dhule	Nashik	7,195	2,050,862	211.83	26.11	71.6
10	Gadchiroli	Gadchiroli	Nagpur	14,412	1,072,942	67.33	6.93	60.1
11	Gondia	Gondia	Nagpur	5,234	1,322,507	247.81	11.95	67.67
12	Hingoli	Hingoli	Aurangabad	4,526	1,177,345	218.11	15.2	66.86
13	Jalgaon	Jalgaon	Nashik	11,765	4,229,917	312.79	71.4	76.06
14	Jalna	Jalna	Aurangabad	7,687	1,959,046	211.82	19.09	64.52
15	Kolhapur	Kolhapur	Pune	7,685	3,876,001	457.44	29.65	77.23
16	Latur	Latur	Aurangabad Division	7,157	2,454,196	282.19	23.57	71.54
17	Mumbai City	Mumbai	Konkan	157	3,085,411	49,140.90	100	86.4
18	Mumbai Suburban	Bandra	Konkan	446	9,356,962	23,271	100	86.9
19	Nagpur	Nagpur	Nagpur	9,892	4,653,570	409.36	64.33	84.18
20	Nanded	Nanded	Aurangabad	10,528	3,361,292	275.98	28.29	68.52
21	Nandurbar	Nandurbar	Nashik	5,955	1,648,295	260	15.5	46.63
22	Nashik	Nashik	Nashik	15,582	6,107,187	321.56	38.8	74.4
23	Osmanabad	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	7,569	1,657,576	197.89	17	78.4
24	Palghar	Palghar	Konkan	5,344		562	50	80
25	Parbhani	Parbhani	Aurangabad	6,251	1,836,086	244.4	31.8	55.15
26	Pune	Pune	Pune	15,643	9,429,408	461.85	58.1	80.78
27	Raigad	Alibag	Konkan	7,152	2,634,200	308.89	24.2	77
28	Ratnagiri	Ratnagiri	Konkan	8,208	1,615,069	206.72	11.3	65.13
29	Sangli	Sangli	Pune	8,578	2,822,143	301.18	24.5	62.41
30	Satara	Satara	Pune	10,480	3,003,741	266.77	14.2	78.52
31	Sindhudurg	Oros	Konkan	5,207	849,651	166.86	9.5	80.3
32	Solapur	Solapur	Pune	14,895	4,317,756	259.32	31.8	71.2
33	Thane	Thane	Konkan	4,214	11,060,148	850.71	72.58	80.67
34	Wardha	Wardha	Nagpur	6,310	1,300,774	195.03	25.17	80.5
35	Washim	Washim	Amravati	5,150	1,197,160	275.98	17.49	74.02
36	Yavatmal	Yavatmal	Amravati	13,582	2,772,348	152.93	18.6	57.96

Source: Wikipedia

Administrative Division in Maharashtra

The following table lists the administrative divisions of Maharashtra and the districts in that administrative division:

No.	Administrative department	Districts
1	Konkan	Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburbs, Palghar, Thane, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Ratnagiri,
2	Aurangabad	Aurangabad, Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Jalna and Hingoli
3	Pune	Kolhapur, Pune, Solapur, Satara and Sangli
4	Amravati	Amravati, Buldhana, Akola, Yavatmal and Washim
5	Nagpur	Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Wardha and Gondia
6	Nashik	Ahmednagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nashik and Nandurbar

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Which is the largest district of Maharashtra in terms of population?

The largest city in Maharashtra is Mumbai. The total area of Maharashtra is 3,07,713 km², including 2,98,619.45 km² rural area and 9,093.55 km² urban area. Maharashtra has a population of 11,23,74,333 peoples.

ow many districts are there in Maharashtra?

There are a total of 36 districts in the Maharashtra.