List of districts of

Maharashtra

Location of Maharashtra in India

The Indian State of Maharashtra came into

existence on 1 May 1960. It is also known
as Maharashtra Day, initially with 26
districts. 10 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.

Regions and Divisions

Maharashtra is divided into 36 districts,
which are grouped into six divisions.(In the
following map, the recently created
Palghar district has not been shown)[1]
Districts and divisions of Maharashtra (without
Palghar district)

Regions

Geographically, historically, and according

to political sentiments, Maharashtra has
five main regions:

Konkan - (Konkan Division)

 Desh - (Pune Division)
Khandesh - (Nashik Division)[a]
Marathwada - (Aurangabad Division)
Vidarbha - (Nagpur and Amravati
divisions) - formerly part of (Central
Provinces and Berar)

Divisions
Name of
Division Region Districts Largest City
(Headquarter)

Akola

Amravati
Amravati
Division Vidarbha Buldana Amravati
(HQ: Amravati)
Yavatmal

Washim

Aurangabad

Beed

Jalna
Aurangabad
Division Osmanabad
Marathwada Aurangabad
(HQ: Nanded
Aurangabad)
Latur

Parbhani

Hingoli

Mumbai City

Mumbai Suburban

Thane
Konkan Division
Konkan Palghar Mumbai
(HQ: Mumbai)
Raigad

Ratnagiri

Sindhudurg

Nagpur Division Vidarbha Bhandara Nagpur

(HQ: Nagpur)
Chandrapur

Gadchiroli

Gondia
 Nagpur

Wardha

Ahmednagar

Dhule
Nashik Division
Khandesh Jalgaon Nashik
(HQ: Nashik)
Nandurbar

Nashik

Kolhapur

Pune
Pune Division
Desh Sangli Pune
(HQ: Pune)
Satara

Solapur

a. Nashik district culturally does not

belong to Khandesh region. Culturally,
Nashik, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad
districts share a same pattern which was
called Gangathadi.

Districts
The table below lists important geographic
and demographic parameters for all 36
districts. Population data are extracted
from the 2001 Census of India.
 Population
Administrative Area %
No Name Code Formed Headquarters (2001
Division (km2) Po
census)

1 May
1 Ahmednagar AH Ahmednagar Nashik 17,413 4,088,077
1960

1 May
2 Akola AK Akola Amravati 5,417 1,818,617
1960

1 May
3 Amravati AM Amravati Amravati 12,626 2,606,063
1960

1 May
4 Aurangabad AU Aurangabad Aurangabad 10,100 2,897,013
1960

1 May
5 Beed BI Beed Aurangabad 10,439 2,161,250
1960

1 May
6 Bhandara BH Bhandara Nagpur 3,717 1,135,835
1960

1 May
7 Buldhana BU Buldhana Amravati 9,680 2,232,480
1960

1 May
8 Chandrapur CH Chandrapur Nagpur 10,695 2,071,101
1960

1 May
9 Dhule DH Dhule Nashik 8,063 1,707,947
1960

26
10 Gadchiroli GA August Gadchiroli Nagpur 14,412 970,294
1982

1 May
11 Gondia GO Gondia Nagpur 4,843 1,200,151
1999

1 May
12 Hingoli HI Hingoli Aurangabad 4,526 987,160
1999

1 May
13 Jalgaon JG Jalgaon Nashik 11,765 3,679,936
1960

1 May
14 Jalna JN Jalna Aurangabad 7,612 1,612,357
1981
15 Kolhapur KO 1 May Kolhapur Pune 7,685 3,515,413
1960

16
Aurangabad
16 Latur LA August Latur 7,372 2,080,285
Division
1982

1 May
17 Mumbai City MC Mumbai Konkan 67.7 3,326,837
1960

1
Mumbai
18 MU October Bandra Konkan 369 8,587,000
Suburban
1990

1 May
19 Nagpur NG Nagpur Nagpur 9,897 4,051,444
1960

1 May
20 Nanded ND Nanded Aurangabad 10,422 2,876,259
1960

1 July
21 Nandurbar NB Nandurbar Nashik 5,035 1,309,135
1998

1 May
22 Nashik NS Nashik Nashik 15,530 4,993,796
1960

1 May
23 Osmanabad OS Osmanabad Aurangabad 7,512 1,486,586
1960

1 May
24 Parbhani PA Parbhani Aurangabad 6,251 1,527,715
1960

1 May
25 Pune PU Pune Pune 15,642 7,224,224
1960

1 May
26 Raigad RG Alibag Konkan 7,148 2,207,929
1960

1 May
27 Ratnagiri RT Ratnagiri Konkan 8,208 1,696,777
1960

1 May
28 Sangli SN Sangli Pune 8,578 2,583,524
1960
 29 Satara ST 1 May Satara Pune 10,484 2,796,906
1960

1 May
30 Sindhudurg SI Oros Konkan 5,207 868,825
1981

1 May
31 Solapur SO Solapur Pune 14,845 3,849,543
1960

1 May
32 Thane TH Thane Konkan 9,558 8,131,849
1960

1 May
33 Wardha WR Wardha Nagpur 6,310 1,230,640
1960

1 July
34 Washim WS Washim washim 5,150 1,020,216
1998

1 May
35 Yavatmal YTL Yavatmal Amravati 13,584 2,077,144
1960

1
2,990,116
36 Palghar PL August Palghar Konkan 5,344
(2011)
2014

Maharashtra - - - - - 307,713 96,878,627

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See also
Tehsils in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
References
1. List of districts and divisions
Census of India

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