List of districts of 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
Paschim Maharashtra, also known as Desh
North Maharashtra - contains Khandesh
Marathwada
Vidarbha - formerly Central Provinces and Berar
Divisions

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	Population	% of state Population	Density	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	79.05	941	14
2	Akola	AK	1 May 1960	Akola	Amravati	5,428	1,813,906	1.61%	300.78	53.23	88.05	938	7
3	Amravati	AM	1 May 1960	Amravati	Amravati	12,235	2,888,445	2.57%	206.40	34.50	87.38	838	14
4	Aurangabad	AU	1 May 1960	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	10,100	3,701,282	3.29%	286.83	37.53	79.08	924	9
5	Beed	BI	1 May 1960	Beed	Aurangabad	10,693	1,200,334	1.07%	207.04	17.91	76.99	936	11
6	Bhandara	BH	1 May 1960	Bhandara	Nagpur	3,717	2,585,049	2.30%	305.58	15.44	83.76	982	7
7	Buldhana	BU	1 May 1960	Buldhana	Amravati	9,661	2,586,258	2.30%	230.63	21.2	83.40	946	13
8	Chandrapur	CH	1 May 1960	Chandrapur	Nagpur	11,443	2,204,307	1.96%	193.65	32.11	80.01	948	15
9	Dhule	DH	1 May 1960	Dhule	Nashik	7,195	2,050,862	1.83%	211.83	26.11	72.80	944	4
10	Gadchiroli	GA	26 August 1982	Gadchiroli	Nagpur	14,412	1,072,942	0.95%	67.33	6.93	74.36	976	12
11	Gondia	GO	1 May 1999	Gondia	Nagpur	5,234	1,322,507	1.18%	247.81	11.95	84.95	1005	8
12	Hingoli	HI	1 May 1999	Hingoli	Aurangabad	4,526	1,177,345	1.05%	218.11	15.2	78.17	953	5
13	Jalgaon	JG	1 May 1960	Jalgaon	Nashik	11,765	4,229,917	3.76%	312.79	71.4	78.20	932	15
14	Jalna	JN	1 May 1981	Jalna	Aurangabad	7,687	1,959,046	1.74%	211.82	19.09	71.52	952	8
15	Kolhapur	KO	1 May 1960	Kolhapur	Pune	7,685	3,876,001	3.45%	457.44	29.65	81.51	949	12
16	Latur	LA	16 August 1982	Latur	Aurangabad	7,157	2,454,196	2.18%	282.19	23.57	77.26	935	10
17	Mumbai City	MC	1 May 1960	Mumbai	Konkan	157	3,085,411	2.75%	49,140.9	100	89.21	777	0
18	Mumbai Suburban	MU	1 October 1990	Bandra	Konkan	446	9,356,962	8.33%	23,271	100	89.91	822	3
19	Nagpur	NG	1 May 1960	Nagpur	Nagpur	9,892	4,653,570	4.14%	409.36	64.33	88.39	933	14
20	Nanded	ND	1 May 1960	Nanded	Aurangabad	10,528	3,361,292	2.99%	275.98	28.29	75.45	942	16
21	Nandurbar	NB	1 July 1998	Nandurbar	Nashik	5,955	1,648,295	1.47%	260	15.5	64.38	975	6
22	Nashik	NS	1 May 1960	Nashik	Nashik	15,582	6,107,187	5.43%	321.56	38.8	82.31	927	15
23	Osmanabad	OS	1 May 1960	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	7,569	1,657,576	1.48%	197.89	17.0	78.44	924	8
24	Palghar	PL	1 August 2014	Palghar	Konkan	5,344	2,990,116	2.66%	562	50	N.A.	900	8
25	Parbhani	PA	1 May 1960	Parbhani	Aurangabad	6,251	1,836,086	1.63%	244.4	31.8	73.34	958	9
26	Pune	PU	1 May 1960	Pune	Pune	15,643	9,429,408	8.39%	461.85	58.1	86.15	919	14
27	Raigad	RG	1 May 1960	Alibag	Konkan	7,152	2,634,200	2.34%	308.89	24.2	83.14	976	15
28	Ratnagiri	RT	1 May 1960	Ratnagiri	Konkan	8,208	1,615,069	1.44%	206.72	11.3	82.18	1,136	9
29	Sangli	SN	1 May 1960	Sangli	Pune	8,578	2,822,143	2.51%	301.18	24.5	81.48	957	10
30	Satara	ST	1 May 1960	Satara	Pune	10,480	3,003,741	2.67%	266.77	14.2	82.87	995	11
31	Sindhudurg	SI	1 May 1981	Oros	Konkan	5,207	849,651	0.76%	166.86	9.5	85.56	1,079	8
32	Solapur	SO	1 May 1960	Solapur	Pune	14,895	4,317,756	3.84%	259.32	31.8	77.02	935	11
33	Thane	TH	1 May 1960	Thane	Konkan	4,214	8,070,032	7.18%	850.71	72.58	84.53	858	7
34	Wardha	WR	1 May 1960	Wardha	Nagpur	6,310	1,300,774	1.16%	195.03	25.17	86.99	936	8
35	Washim	WS	1 July 1998	Washim	Amravati	5,150	1,197,160	1.07%	275.98	17.49	83.25	939	6
36	Yavatmal	YTL	1 May 1960	Yavatmal	Amravati	13,582	2,772,348	2.47%	152.93	18.6	82.82	951	16
Maharashtra	-	-	-	-	-		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, Chimur, Pusad, Khamgaon, Achalpur, and Aheri.

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
26	Parseoni	Nagpur

List of districts of Maharashtra

All divisions in Maharashtra

Regions

Divisions

Districts

Proposed districts