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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.^[1]

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^[a]
Marathwada (Aurangabad division)
Vidarbha (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - formerly Central Provinces and Berar^[b]

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 (km²)	Population (2011 Census)	% of state Population	Density (per km²)	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	86.9	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.^[2]^[3] 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).^[4]^[5]

Sr. No.	Proposed district	Existing district
1	Kalwan	Nashik
2	Malegaon	Nashik
3	Mira Bhayandar	Thane
4	Kalyan	Thane
5	Pusad	Yavatmal
6	Achalpur	Amravati
7	Sakoli	Bhandara
8	Chimur	Chandrapur
9	Aheri	Gadchiroli
10	Bhusawal	Jalgaon
11	Udgir	Latur
12	Ambajogai	Beed
13	Kinwat	Nanded
14	Mandesh	Satara
15	Shivneri	Pune
16	Baramati	Pune
17	Jawhar	Palghar
18	Mandangad	Ratnagiri
19	Mahad	Raigad
20	Sangamner	Ahmednagar
21	Shirdi
22	Shrirampur
23	Khamgaon	Buldhana
24	Katol	Nagpur

References

^ "Districts". Maharashtra government website. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ Marathi, TV9 (28 January 2020). "राज्यात नव्या 22 जिल्ह्यांचा प्रस्ताव, लातूरमधून उदगीर, नाशिकमधून मालेगाव, कळवण, तर नगरमध्ये 3 जिल्ह्यांचं नियोजन". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "कल्याण, मीरा-भाईंदर, महाडसह २२ नव्या जिल्ह्यांची निर्मिती होणार?". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Former minister demands creation of 22 new districts in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ टीम, एबीपी माझा वेब (29 January 2020). "लातूरनंतर महाराष्ट्रातील 'या' जिल्ह्यांमधून विभाजनाची मागणी". marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.

Census of India

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[MH_DIST-1] "Districts". Maharashtra government website. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[4] Marathi, TV9 (28 January 2020). "राज्यात नव्या 22 जिल्ह्यांचा प्रस्ताव, लातूरमधून उदगीर, नाशिकमधून मालेगाव, कळवण, तर नगरमध्ये 3 जिल्ह्यांचं नियोजन". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] "कल्याण, मीरा-भाईंदर, महाडसह २२ नव्या जिल्ह्यांची निर्मिती होणार?". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[6] "Former minister demands creation of 22 new districts in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[7] टीम, एबीपी माझा वेब (29 January 2020). "लातूरनंतर महाराष्ट्रातील 'या' जिल्ह्यांमधून विभाजनाची मागणी". marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2023.

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