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Wainganga River near Bhandara district. Maharashtra with a total area of 307,713 km 2 (118,809 sq mi), is the third-largest state by area in terms of land area and constitutes 9.36 per cent of India's total geographical area. The State lies between 15°35' N to 22°02' N latitude and 72°36' E to 80°54' E longitude.
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
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. MADE BY CHAITANYA KIRAN KADAM AT THE AGE OF 14.
Website. www.nagpur.gov.in. Nagpur (Marathi: [naːɡpuːɾ]; ISO: Nāgapura) is the third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. [15] It is called the heart of India because of its central geographical location. [16] It is the largest and most populated city in central India. [17]
Mumbai (/ mʊmˈbaɪ / ⓘ; Marathi: [ˈmumbəi], ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay[a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the ...
Aurangabad (pronunciation ⓘ), [7][8] officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, [9][10] is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. [11] Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is the ...
Website. sataranp.in. Satara (pronunciation ⓘ) (ISO: Sātārā) is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India, near the confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary, the Venna. [2] The city was established in the 16th century and was the seat of the Chhatrapati of the Maratha Kingdom, Shahu I.
The Samruddhi Mahamarg or Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway (officially known as Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg) and Maharashtra Expressway-2 (ME-2), is a partially opened 6-lane wide (expandable to 8), 701-km long access-controlled expressway in Maharashtra, India.