List of districts of Maharashtra

The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May, 1960. It is also known as Maharashtra Day, It has 36 Districts,as of now.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 (Prashaskiy Vibhag) shown below.

Regions and divisions

Maharashtra is divided into 36 districts, which are grouped into six divisions.List of districts and divisions


Regions
Geographically, historically, and according to political sentiments, Maharashtra has five main regions: 
 Vidarbha - (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - (Old Berar Region)
 Marathwada - (CHATRAPATI SAMBHAJI MAHARAJ NAGAR Division)
  Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra Region - (Nashik Division)
 Konkan - (Konkan Division)
 Paschim Maharashtra Region - (Pune Division)

Divisions
 Name of Division(Headquarter)  Region  Districts  Largest City Amravati Division(HQ: Amravati)  Vidarbha Amravati Aurangabad Division(HQ: Aurangabad)  Marathwada  Aurangabad Konkan Division(HQ: Mumbai)  Konkan Mumbai Nagpur Division(HQ: Nagpur)  Vidarbha   Nagpur Nashik Division(HQ: Nashik)  Khandesh  Nashik Pune

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  AdministrativeDivision  Area (km2)  Population(2001 census)  % of StatePopulation  Density(per km2)  Urban (%)  Literacy (%)   Sex Ratio  Tehsils  Source 1  Ahmednagar  AH  01 May 1960  Ahmednagar  Nashik  17,413      234.77  19.67  80.22  941  14  District website  2Akola  AK  1 May 1960  Akola  Amravati  5,417      300.78  38.49  81.41  938  7  District website  3Amravati  AM  1 May 1960  Amravati  Amravati  12,626      206.40  34.50  82.5  838  14  District website  4Aurangabad  AU  1 May 1960  Aurangabad  Aurangabad  10,100      286.83  37.53  61.15  924  9  District website 5Beed  BI  1 May 1960  Beed  Aurangabad  10,439      207.04  17.91  68  936  11  District website  6Bhandara  BH   1 May 1960  Bhandara  Nagpur  3,717      305.58  15.44  68.28  982  7  District website  7Buldhana  BU   1 May 1960  Buldhana  Amravati  9,680       230.63  21.2  75.8  946  13  District website  8Chandrapur  CH  1 May 1960  Chandrapur  Nagpur  10,695      193.65  32.11  73.03  948  15  District website 9Dhule  DH  1 May 1960  Dhule  Nashik  8,063      211.83  26.11  71.6  944  4  District website 10Gadchiroli  GA  26 August 1982  Gadchiroli  Nagpur  14,412      67.33  6.93  60.1  976  12  District website 11Gondia  GO  1 May 1999  Gondia  Nagpur  4,843      247.81  11.95  67.67  1005  8  District website 12Hingoli  HI  1 May 1999  Hingoli  Aurangabad  4,526      218.11  15.2  66.86  953  5  District website  13Jalgaon  JG  1 May 1960  Jalgaon  Nashik  11,765      312.79  71.4  76.06  932  15  District website  14Jalna  JN  1 May 1981  Jalna  Aurangabad  7,612      211.82  19.09  64.52  952  8  District website 15Kolhapur  KO  1 May 1960  Kolhapur  Pune  7,685      457.44  29.65  77.23  949  10  District website 16Latur  LA 16 August 1982 Latur  Aurangabad Division
  7,372      282.19  23.57  71.54  935  10  District website 17Mumbai City MC  1 May 1960  Mumbai Konkan  67.7      49,140.9  100  89.2  777  0  District website 18Mumbai Suburban  MU  1 October 1990  Bandra  Konkan  369      23,271  100  86.9  822  3  District website 19 Nagpur  NG  1 May 1960  Nagpur  Nagpur  9,897      409.36  64.33  84.18  933  13  District website  20 Nanded  ND  1 May 1960  Nanded  Aurangabad  10,422      275.98  28.29  68.52  942  16  District website  21 Nandurbar  NB  1 July 1998  Nandurbar  Nashik  5,035      260  15.5  46.63  975  6  District website  22 Nashik  NS  1 May 1960  Nashik  Nashik  15,530      321.56  38.8  74.4  927  15  District website 23 Osmanabad  OS  1 May 1960  Osmanabad  Aurangabad  7,512      197.89  15.7  54.27  932  8  District website  24 Parbhani  PA  1 May 1960  Parbhani  Aurangabad  6,251      244.4  31.8  55.15  958  9  District website  25 Pune PU  1 May 1960 PunePune  15,642      461.85  58.1  80.78  919  14  District website
Palghar District   26 Raigad  RG  1 May 1960  Alibag  Konkan  7,148      308.89  24.2  77  976  15  District website  27 Ratnagiri  RT  1 May 1960  Ratnagiri  Konkan  8,208      206.72  11.3  65.13  1,136  9  District website  28 Sangli  SN  1 May 1960  Sangli  Pune  8,578       301.18  24.5  62.41  957  10  District website 29 Satara  ST  1 May 1960  Satara  Pune  10,484      266.77  14.2  78.52  995  11  District website  30 Sindhudurg  SI  1 May 1981  Oros  Konkan  5,207      166.86  9.5  80.3  1,079  8  District website 31 Solapur Maharashtra  SO  1 May 1960  Solapur  Pune  14,845      259.32  31.8  71.2  935  11  District website 32Thane TH  1 May 1960 ThaneKonkan  9,558      850.71  72.58  80.67  858  15  District website 33 Wardha  WR  1 May 1960  Wardha  Nagpur  6,310      195.03  25.17  80.5  936  8  District website  34 Washim  WS  1 July 1998  Washim  Amravati  5,150      275.98  17.49  74.02  939  6  District website 35 Yavatmal  YTL  1 May 1960  Yavatmal  Amravati  13,584      152.93  18.6  57.96  951  16  District website  36Palghar PL  1 August 2014 PalgharKonkan  5,344  (2011)  (2011)  562  50  80  900  8  [http:// District website] Maharashtra   -  -  -  -  -    ,627  -  314.42  42.43  77.27  922  -  -

References

Census of India

Category:Districts of Maharashtra