List of districts of Maharashtra
No Name Code Formed Headquarters Administrative Division Area ( km ) Population ( 2001 census ) % of State Population Density ( per km ) Urban (% ) Literacy (% ) Sex ratio Tehsils Source
1 Ahmednagar AH 1 May 1960 Ahmednagar Nashik 17,413 4,088,077 4.22% 234.77 19.67 80.22 941 14 District website
2 Akola AK 1 May 1960 Akola Amravati 5,417 1,818,617 1.68% 300.78 44.04 88.05 938 7 District website
3 Amravati AM 1 May 1960 Amravati Amravati 12,626 2,606,063 2.69% 206.40 34.50 82.5 838 14 District website
4 Aurangabad AU 1 May 1960 Aurangabad Aurangabad 10,100 2,897,013 2.99% 286.83 37.53 61.15 924 9 District website
5 Beed BI 1 May 1960 Beed Aurangabad 10,439 2,161,250 2.23% 207.04 17.91 68 936 11 District website
6 Bhandara BH 1 May 1960 Bhandara Nagpur 3,717 1,135,835 1.17% 305.58 15.44 68.28 982 7 District website
7 Buldhana BU 1 May 1960 Buldhana Amravati 9,680 2,232,480 2.3% 230.63 21.2 75.8 946 13 District website
8 Chandrapur CH 1 May 1960 Chandrapur Nagpur 10,695 2,071,101 2.14% 193.65 32.11 73.03 948 15 District website
9 Dhule DH 1 May 1960 Dhule Nashik 8,063 1,707,947 1.76% 211.83 26.11 71.6 944 4 District website
10 Gadchiroli GA 26 August 1982 Gadchiroli Nagpur 14,412 970,294 1% 67.33 6.93 60.1 976 12 District website
11 Gondia GO 1 May 1999 Gondia Nagpur 4,843 1,200,151 1.24% 247.81 11.95 67.67 1005 8 District website
12 Hingoli HI 1 May 1999 Hingoli Aurangabad 4,526 987,160 1.02% 218.11 15.2 66.86 953 5 District website
13 Jalgaon JG 1 May 1960 Jalgaon Nashik 11,765 3,679,936 3.8% 312.79 71.4 76.06 932 15 District website
14 Jalna JN 1 May 1981 Jalna Aurangabad 7,612 1,612,357 1.66% 211.82 19.09 64.52 952 8 District website
15 Kolhapur KO 1 May 1960 Kolhapur Pune 7,685 3,515,413 3.63% 457.44 29.65 77.23 949 12 District website
16 Latur LA 16 August 1982 Latur Aurangabad Division 7,372 2,080,285 2.15% 282.19 23.57 71.54 935 10 District website
17 Mumbai City MC 1 May 1960 Mumbai Konkan 157 3,326,837 3.43% 49,140.9 100 86.4 777 0 District website
18 Mumbai Suburban MU 1 October 1990 Bandra Konkan 446 8,587,000 8.86% 23,271 100 86.9 822 3 District website
19 Nagpur NG 1 May 1960 Nagpur Nagpur 9,897 4,051,444 4.18% 409.36 64.33 84.18 933 14 District website
20 Nanded ND 1 May 1960 Nanded Aurangabad 10,422 2,876,259 2.97% 275.98 28.29 68.52 942 16 District website
Districts
The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 36 districts . Population data are extracted from the 2001 Census of 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.