List of Districts in Maharashtra

sno District Headquarters Population Sex Ratio (per 1000) Average Literacy 1 Ahmednagar Ahmednagar 4543159 939 79.05% 2 Akola Akola 1813906 946 88.05% 3 Amravati Amravati 2888445 951 87.38% 4 Aurangabad Aurangabad 3701282 923 79.02% 5 Beed Beed 2585049 916 76.99% 6 Bhandara Bhandara 1200334 982 83.76% 7 Buldhana Buldhana 2586258 934 83.40% 8 Chandrapur Chandrapur 2204307 961 80.01% 9 Dhule Dhule 2050862 946 72.80% 10 Gadchiroli Gadchiroli 1072942 982 74.36% 11 Gondia Gondia 1322507 999 84.95% 12 Hingoli Hingoli 1177345 942 78.17% 13 Jalgaon Jalgaon 4229917 925 78.20% 14 Jalna Jalna 1959046 937 71.52% 15 Kolhapur Kolhapur 3876001 957 81.51% 16 Latur Latur 2454196 928 77.26% 17 Mumbai City - 3085411 832 89.21% 18 Mumbai Suburban Bandra (East) 9356962 860 89.91% 19 Nagpur Nagpur 4653570 951 88.39% 20 Nanded Nanded 3361292 943 75.45% 21 Nandurbar Nandurbar 1648295 978 64.38% 22 Nashik Nashik 6107187 934 82.31% 23 Osmanabad Osmanabad 1657576 924 78.44% 24 Parbhani Parbhani 1836086 947 73.34% 25 Pune Pune 9429408 915 86.15% 26 Raigad Alibag 2634200 959 83.14% 27 Ratnagiri Ratnagiri 1615069 1122 82.18% 28 Sangli Sangli 2822143 966 81.48% 29 Satara Satara 3003741 988 82.87% 30 Sindhudurg Oros 849651 1036 85.56% 31 Solapur Solapur 4317756 938 77.02% 32 Thane Thane 11060148 886 84.53% 33 Wardha Wardha 1300774 946 86.99% 34 Washim Washim 1197160 930 83.25% 35 Yavatmal Yavatmal 2772348 952 82.82% 36 Palghar - - - -

Last Updated on: March 2, 2020

Maharashtra, located in Western India is one of the country's wealthiest states and contributes around 15% of the country's industrial output (2006-07 figures) and over 40% of the nation's revenue.The state covers an area of 307,731 km square and has a population of 11.24 crores (2011 census). Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra and is also the largest city and financial capital of India. Its neighbouring states are Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh , Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Nagpur and Pune are other important cities in the state. Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra.Maharashtra is divided into 36 Districts and 6 Administrative Divisions, namely; Mumbai (Konkan), Nashik, Aurangabad, Amravati and Nagpur. The 36 districts are divided into 109 sub-divisions and 358 taluks.Famous tourist destinations in Maharashtra include the capital city of Mumbai, which is popular for the Hindi film industry, Bollywood. This buzzing city has many tourist attractions such as the Gateway of India, Bandra-Worli Sea link, Juhu Beach and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus among others. Aurangabad, also known as the tourism capital of Maharashtra is known for its ancient Ajanta and Ellora caves, Nagpur is known for producing some of India's finest oranges, Nashik is known for its temples and Ratnagiri by the coast is famous for its delicious mangoes.: Each district of Maharashtra is headed by a District Collector who is in charge of the revenue administration of that particular district. Being the highest administrative authority, the District Collector has to carry out various disciplinary responsibilities of both, the District Collector as well as the DM.As a District Collector he is in charge of the overall functioning of the district in addition to revenue collection and recovery, and as a District Magistrate he oversees the law and order condition.