# List of districts of Maharashtra

Maharashtra is an Indian state that was formed on 1 May 1960 with 26 initial districts. Since then, 11 additional districts have been created, the most recent of which is Palghar district. The state currently has 36 districts. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions shown below.

## All divisions in Maharashtra

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)
* North Maharashtra (Nashik Division) - contains Khandesh
* Marathwada (Aurangabad division)
* Vidarbha (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - formerly Central Provinces and Berar

### Divisions

| Name of division (headquarters) | Region | Districts | Largest city |
| Pune division (HQ: Pune) | Desh | Sangli Satara Solapur Kolhapur Pune | Pune |
| Amravati division (HQ: Amravati) | Vidarbha (Varhad) | Akola Amravati Buldhana Yavatmal Washim | Amravati |
| Aurangabad division (HQ: Aurangabad) | Marathwada | Aurangabad Beed Jalna Osmanabad Nanded Latur Parbhani Hingoli | Aurangabad |
| Nagpur division (HQ: Nagpur) | Vidarbha | Bhandara Chandrapur Gadchiroli Gondia Nagpur Wardha | Nagpur |
| Nashik division (HQ: Nashik) | North Maharashtra (Khandesh) | Ahmednagar Dhule Jalgaon Nandurbar Nashik | Nashik |
| Konkan division (HQ: Mumbai) | Konkan | Mumbai City district Mumbai Suburban district Thane Palghar Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg | Mumbai |
* ↑ Nashik and Ahmednagar districts do not culturally belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a pattern called Gangathadi. North Maharashtra is the geographical region representing all four districts except Ahmednagar.
* ↑ 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 Vidarbha division of Maharashtra.

## Districts

The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 36 districts. Population data are extracted from the 2011 Census of India.
| No | Name | Code | Formed | Headquarters | Administrative division | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2011 Census) | % of state Population | Density (per km$^2$) | Urban (%) | Literacy (%) | Sex ratio | Tehsils | Source |
| 1 | Ahmednagar | AH | 1 May 1960 | Ahmednagar | Nashik | 17,048 | 4,543,159 | 4.04% | 234.77 | 19.67 | 80.22 | 941 | 14 | district website |
| 2 | Akola | AK | 1 May 1960 | Akola | Amravati | 5,428 | 1,813,906 | 1.61% | 300.78 | 53.23 | 88.05 | 938 | 7 | district website |
| 3 | Amravati | AM | 1 May 1960 | Amravati | Amravati | 12,235 | 2,888,445 | 2.57% | 206.40 | 34.50 | 82.5 | 838 | 14 | district website |
| 4 | Aurangabad | AU | 1 May 1960 | Aurangabad | Aurangabad | 10,100 | 3,701,282 | 3.29% | 286.83 | 37.53 | 61.15 | 924 | 9 | district website |
| 5 | Beed | BI | 1 May 1960 | Beed | Aurangabad | 10,693 | 1,200,334 | 1.07% | 207.04 | 17.91 | 68 | 936 | 11 | district website |
| 6 | Bhandara | BH | 1 May 1960 | Bhandara | Nagpur | 3,717 | 2,585,049 | 2.30% | 305.58 | 15.44 | 68.28 | 982 | 7 | district website |
| 7 | Buldhana | BU | 1 May 1960 | Buldhana | Amravati | 9,661 | 2,586,258 | 2.30% | 230.63 | 21.2 | 75.8 | 946 | 13 | district website |
| 8 | Chandrapur | CH | 1 May 1960 | Chandrapur | Nagpur | 11,443 | 2,204,307 | 1.96% | 193.65 | 32.11 | 73.03 | 948 | 15 | district website |
| 9 | Dhule | DH | 1 May 1960 | Dhule | Nashik | 7,195 | 2,050,862 | 1.83% | 211.83 | 26.11 | 71.6 | 944 | 4 | district website |
| 10 | Gadchiroli | GA | 26 August 1982 | Gadchiroli | Nagpur | 14,412 | 1,072,942 | 0.95% | 67.33 | 6.93 | 60.1 | 976 | 12 | district website |
| 11 | Gondia | GO | 1 May 1999 | Gondia | Nagpur | 5,234 | 1,322,507 | 1.18% | 247.81 | 11.95 | 67.67 | 1005 | 8 | district website |
| 12 | Hingoli | HI | 1 May 1999 | Hingoli | Aurangabad | 4,526 | 1,177,345 | 1.05% | 218.11 | 15.2 | 66.86 | 953 | 5 | district website |
| 13 | Jalgaon | JG | 1 May 1960 | Jalgaon | Nashik | 11,765 | 4,229,917 | 3.76% | 312.79 | 71.4 | 76.06 | 932 | 15 | district website |
| 14 | Jalna | JN | 1 May 1981 | Jalna | Aurangabad | 7,687 | 1,959,046 | 1.74% | 211.82 | 19.09 | 64.52 | 952 | 8 | district website |
| 15 | Kolhapur | KO | 1 May 1960 | Kolhapur | Pune | 7,685 | 3,876,001 | 3.45% | 457.44 | 29.65 | 77.23 | 949 | 12 | district website |
| 16 | Latur | LA | 16 August 1982 | Latur | Aurangabad | 7,157 | 2,454,196 | 2.18% | 282.19 | 23.57 | 71.54 | 935 | 10 | district website |
| 17 | Mumbai City | MC | 1 May 1960 | Mumbai | Konkan | 157 | 3,085,411 | 2.75% | 49,140.9 | 100 | 86.4 | 777 | 0 | district website |
| 18 | Mumbai Suburban | MU | 1 October 1990 | Bandra | Konkan | 446 | 9,356,962 | 8.33% | 23,271 | 100 | 89.6 | 822 | 3 | district website |
| 19 | Nagpur | NG | 1 May 1960 | Nagpur | Nagpur | 9,892 | 4,653,570 | 4.14% | 409.36 | 64.33 | 84.18 | 933 | 14 | district website |
| 20 | Nanded | ND | 1 May 1960 | Nanded | Aurangabad | 10,528 | 3,361,292 | 2.99% | 275.98 | 28.29 | 68.52 | 942 | 16 | district website |
| 21 | Nandurbar | NB | 1 July 1998 | Nandurbar | Nashik | 5,955 | 1,648,295 | 1.47% | 260 | 15.5 | 46.63 | 975 | 6 | district website |
| 22 | Nashik | NS | 1 May 1960 | Nashik | Nashik | 15,582 | 6,107,187 | 5.43% | 321.56 | 38.8 | 74.4 | 927 | 15 | district website |
| 23 | Osmanabad | OS | 1 May 1960 | Osmanabad | Aurangabad | 7,569 | 1,657,576 | 1.48% | 197.89 | 17.0 | 78.4 | 924 | 8 | district website |
| 24 | Palghar | PL | 1 August 2014 | Palghar | Konkan | 5,344 | 2,990,116 | 2.66% | 562 | 50 | 80 | 900 | 8 | district website |
| 25 | Parbhani | PA | 1 May 1960 | Parbhani | Aurangabad | 6,251 | 1,836,086 | 1.63% | 244.4 | 31.8 | 55.15 | 958 | 9 | district website |
| 26 | Pune | PU | 1 May 1960 | Pune | Pune | 15,643 | 9,429,408 | 8.39% | 461.85 | 58.1 | 80.78 | 919 | 14 | district website |
| 27 | Raigad | RG | 1 May 1960 | Alibag | Konkan | 7,152 | 2,634,200 | 2.34% | 308.89 | 24.2 | 77 | 976 | 15 | district website |
| 28 | Ratnagiri | RT | 1 May 1960 | Ratnagiri | Konkan | 8,208 | 1,615,069 | 1.44% | 206.72 | 11.3 | 65.13 | 1,136 | 9 | district website |
| 29 | Sangli | SN | 1 May 1960 | Sangli | Pune | 8,578 | 2,822,143 | 2.51% | 301.18 | 24.5 | 82.62 | 957 | 10 | district website |
| 30 | Satara | ST | 1 May 1960 | Satara | Pune | 10,480 | 3,003,741 | 2.67% | 266.77 | 14.2 | 78.52 | 995 | 11 | district website |
| 31 | Sindhudurg | SI | 1 May 1981 | Oros | Konkan | 5,207 | 849,651 | 0.76% | 166.86 | 9.5 | 80.3 | 1,079 | 8 | district website |
| 32 | Solapur | SO | 1 May 1960 | Solapur | Pune | 14,895 | 4,317,756 | 3.84% | 259.32 | 31.8 | 71.2 | 935 | 11 | district website |
| 33 | Thane | TH | 1 May 1960 | Thane | Konkan | 4,214 | 8,070,032 | 7.18% | 850.71 | 72.58 | 80.67 | 858 | 7 | district website |
| 34 | Wardha | WR | 1 May 1960 | Wardha | Nagpur | 6,310 | 1,300,774 | 1.16% | 195.03 | 25.17 | 80.5 | 936 | 8 | district website |
| 35 | Washim | WS | 1 July 1998 | Washim | Amravati | 5,150 | 1,197,160 | 1.07% | 275.98 | 17.49 | 74.02 | 939 | 6 | district website |
| 36 | Yavatmal | YTL | 1 May 1960 | Yavatmal | Amravati | 13,582 | 2,772,348 | 2.47% | 152.93 | 18.6 | 57.96 | 951 | 16 | district website |
| Maharashtra | - | - | - | - | - | 307,129 | 112,374,333 | 100% | 314.42 | 42.43 | 77.27 | 922 | - | - |

## Proposed districts

In 2018, then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis constituted a committee under leadership of Chief secretary. The committee has proposed 22 new districts. Earlier in 2015, former ministers has demanded formation of new districts, they were Katol (Nagpur), Chimur(Chandrapur), Pusad (Yavatmal), Khamgaon (Buldhana), Achalpur (Amravati), and Aheri (Gadchiroli).
| Sr. No. | Proposed district | Existing district |
| 1 | Kalwan | Nashik |
| 2 | Malegaon | Nashik |
| 3 | Mira Bhayandar | Thane |
| 4 | Navi Mumbai | Thane |
| 5 | Kalyan | Thane |
| 6 | Pusad | Yavatmal |
| 7 | Achalpur | Amravati |
| 8 | Sakoli | Bhandara |
| 9 | Chimur | Chandrapur |
| 10 | Aheri | Gadchiroli |
| 11 | Bhusawal | Jalgaon |
| 12 | Udgir | Latur |
| 13 | Ambajogai | Beed |
| 14 | Kinwat | Nanded |
| 15 | Mandesh | Satara |
| 16 | Shivneri | Pune |
| 17 | Baramati | Pune |
| 18 | Jawhar | Palghar |
| 19 | Mandangad | Ratnagiri |
| 20 | Mahad | Raigad |
| 21 | Sangamner | Ahmednagar |
| 22 | Shirdi | Ahmednagar |
| 23 | Shrirampur | Ahmednagar |
| 24 | Khamgaon | Buldhana |
| 25 | Katol | Nagpur |