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The following is a list of the most populous cities in Maharashtra state of India as per the 2011 census. There are 43 cities in Maharashtra which have a population over 100,000. There are 43 cities in Maharashtra which have a population over 100,000.
The largest and major city in the region is Nagpur and other major towns include Amravati, Akola, Chandrapur and Gondia. Varhadi and Zadi dialects of Marathi is widely spoken. There have been demands for a separate state of Vidarbha, due to perceived neglect from the Government of Maharashtra .
Nashik, Malegaon Jalgaon, Dhule and Bhusawal are the major cities of this region. [96] Desh is in the centre of the state. [97] Marathwada, which was a part of the princely state of Hyderabad until 1956, is located in the southeastern part of the state. [91] [98] Aurangabad and Nanded are the main cities of the region. [99]
It has been proposed as one of the Smart Cities in Maharashtra and is one of the top ten cities in India in Smart City Project execution. [19] [20] [21] Nagpur is the seat of the annual winter session of the Maharashtra state assembly. It is a major commercial and political centre of the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. [22]
Marathwada (Marathi pronunciation: [məɾaːʈʰʋaːɖa]) is a proposed state and geographical region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was formed during the Nizam's rule and was part of the then Hyderabad State. The region coincides with the Aurangabad division of Maharashtra.
Pune (/ ˈ p uː n ə / POO-nə, Marathi: ⓘ, ISO: Puṇē), previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), [14] [15] is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan plateau in Western India.
Solapur (pronunciation ⓘ) is a city located in the south-western region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai , Pune , Bangalore and Hyderabad , with a branch line to the cities of Kalaburagi and Vijayapura in the neighbouring state ...
Telugu (5.84%) is a major language in areas bordering Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka as well as Bengaluru, while Tamil (3.45%) is a major language of Bengaluru and in the Kolar district. Marathi (3.29%) is concentrated in areas of Uttara Kannada, Belgaum and Bidar districts bordering Maharashtra.