Regions and Divisions of Maharashtra

Location of Maharashtra in India

The Indian state of Maharashtra came into existence on May 1, 1960 (also known as Maharashtra Day), initially with 28 districts. 7 new districts have been created since then and currently the number of districts in the state is 35. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions.

Regions and Divisions

Maharashtra is divided into thirty-five districts, which are grouped into six divisions.^[1] These are official revenue divisions of government of Maharashtra.

Districts and divisions of Maharashtra

Regions

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

• Vidarbha Region - (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - (Old Berar Region)
• Marathwada Region - (Aurangabad Division)
• Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra Region - (Nashik Division)
• Desh or Western Maharashtra Region - (Pune Division)
• Konkan - (Mumbai Division)

Divisions

Name of Division (Headquarter)	Region	Districts	Largest City
Amravati Division (HQ: Amravati)	Vidarbha	Akola Amravati Buldhana Yavatmal Washim	Amravati
Aurangabad Division (HQ: Aurangabad)	Marathwada	Aurangabad Beed Hingoli Jalna Latur Nanded Osmanabad Parbhani	Aurangabad
Mumbai Division (HQ: Mumbai)	Mumbai	Mumbai Mumbai Suburban District Thane Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg	Mumbai
Nagpur Division (HQ: Nagpur)	Vidarbh	Bhandara Chandrapur Gadchiroli Gondia Nagpur Wardha	Nagpur
Nashik Division (HQ: Nashik)	Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra	Ahmednagar Dhule Jalgaon Nandurbar Nashik	Nashik
Pune Division (HQ: Pune)	Desh or Western Maharashtra	Kolhapur Pune Sangli Satara Solapur	Pune

Districts

The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 35 districts. Population data is extracted from the 2001 Census of India.

Name	Code	Formed	Headquarters	Administrative Division	Area (km2)	Population (2001 census)	% of State Population	Density (per km2)	Urban (%)	Literacy (%)	Sex Ratio	Tehsils	Source
Ahmednagar	AH	1 May 1960	Ahmednagar	Nashik	17,413	40,88,077	4.23%	234.77	19.67	75.82	941	14	District website
Akola	AK	1 May 1960	Akola	Amravati	5,417	16,30,239	1.68%	300.78	38.49	81.41	938	7	District website
Amravati	AM	1 May 1960	Amravati	Amravati	12,626	26,06,063	2.69%	206.40	34.50	82.5	938	14	District website
Aurangabad	AU	1 May 1960	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	10,100	28,97,013	2.99%	286.83	37.53	61.15	924	9	District website
Beed	BI	1 May 1960	Beed	Aurangabad	10,439	21,61,250	2.23%	207.04	17.91	68	936	11	District website
Bhandara	BH	1 May 1960	Bhandara	Nagpur	3,717	11,35,835	1.17%	305.58	15.44	68.28	982	7	District website
Buldhana	BU	1 May 1960	Buldhana	Amravati	9,680	22,32,480	2.31%	230.63	21.2	75.8	946	13	District website
Chandrapur	CH	1 May 1960	Chandrapur	Nagpur	10,695	20,71,101	2.14%	193.65	32.11	73.03	948	15	District website
Dhule	DH	1 May 1960	Dhule	Nashik	8,063	17,07,947	1.77%	211.83	26.11	71.6	944	4	District website
Gadchiroli	GA	26 August 1982	Gadchiroli	Nagpur	14,412	9,70,294	1%	67.33	6.93	60.1	976	12	District website
Gondia	GO	1 May 1999	Gondia	Nagpur	4,843	12,00,151	1.24%	247.81	11.95	67.67	1005	8	District website
Hingoli	HI	1 May 1999	Hingoli	Aurangabad	4,526	9,87,160	1.02%	218.11	15.2	66.86	953	5	District website
Jalgaon	JG	1 May 1960	Jalgaon	Nashik	11,765	36,79,936	3.8%	312.79	71.4	76.06	932	15	District website
Jalna	JN	1 May 1960	Jalna	Aurangabad	7,612	16,12,357	1.67%	211.82	19.09	64.52	952	8	District website
Kolhapur	KO	1 May 1960	Kolhapur	Pune	7,685	35,15,413	3.63%	457.44	29.65	77.23	949	10	District website
Latur	LA	1 May 1960	Latur	Aurangabad	7,372	20,80,285	2.15%	282.19	23.57	71.54	935	10	District website
Mumbai City	MC	1 May 1960	Mumbai	Konkan	67.7	33,26,837	3.44%	49,140.9	100	86.4	777	0	District website
Mumbai Suburban	MU	1 October 1990	Bandra (East)	Konkan	369	85,87,000	8.88%	23,271	100	86.9	822	3	District website
Nagpur	NG	1 May 1960	Nagpur	Nagpur	9,897	40,51,444	4.19%	409.36	64.33	84.18	933	13	District website
Nanded	ND	1 May 1960	Nanded	Aurangabad	10,422	28,76,259	2.97%	275.98	28.29	68.52	942	16	District website
Nandurbar	NB	1 July 1998	Nandurbar	Nashik	5,035	13,09,135	1.35%	260	15.5	46.63	975	6	District website
Nashik	NS	1 May 1960	Nashik	Nashik	15,530	49,93,796	5.16%	321.56	38.8	74.4	927	15	District website
Osmanabad	OS	1 May 1960	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	7,512	14,86,586	1.54%	197.89	15.7	54.27	932	8	District website
Parbhani	PA	1 May 1960	Parbhani	Aurangabad	6,251	15,27,715	1.58%	244.4	31.8	55.15	958	9	District website
Pune	PU	1 May 1960	Pune	Pune	15,642	72,24,224	7.47%	461.85	58.1	80.78	919	14	District website
Raigad	RG	1 May 1960	Alibag	Konkan	7,148	22,07,929	2.28%	308.89	24.2	77	976	15	District website
Ratnagiri	RT	1 May 1960	Ratnagiri	Konkan	8,208	16,96,777	1.75%	206.72	11.3	65.13	1,136	9	District website
Sangli	SN	1 May 1960	Sangli	Pune	8,578	25,83,524	2.67%	301.18	24.5	62.41	957	10	District website
Satara	ST	1 May 1960	Satara	Pune	10,484	27,96,906	2.89%	266.77	14.2	78.52	995	11	District website
Sindhudurg	SI	1 May 1981	Oros	Konkan	5,207	8,68,825	0.9%	166.86	9.5	80.3	1,079	8	District website
Solapur	SO	1 May 1960	Solapur	Pune	14,845	38,49,543	3.98%	259.32	31.8	71.2	935	11	District website
Thane	TH	1 May 1960	Thane	Konkan	9,558	81,31,849	8.4%	850.71	72.58	80.67	858	15	District website
Wardha	WR	1 May 1960	Wardha	Nagpur	6,310	12,30,640	1.27%	195.03	25.17	80.5	936	8	District website
Washim	WS	1 July 1998	Washim	Amravati	5,150	10,20,216	1.05%	275.98	17.49	74.02	939	6	District website
Yavatmal	YA	1 May 1960	Yavatmal	Amravati	13,582	20,77,144	2.15%	152.93	18.6	57.96	951	16	District website
Maharashtra	-	-	-	-	3,07,713	9,68,78,627	-	314.42	42.43	77.27	922	-	-

References

• Census of India

1. ^ List of districts and divisions

See also

Tehsils in Maharashtra Maharashtra