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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. MADE BY CHAITANYA KIRAN KADAM AT THE AGE OF 14.
Maharashtra is ranked second among the Indian states in terms of the recorded forest area. Recorded Forest Area (RFA) in the state is 61,579 sq mi (159,489 km 2) of which 49,546 sq mi (128,324 km 2) is reserved forests, 6,733 sq mi (17,438 km 2) is protected forest and 5,300 sq mi (13,727 km 2) is unclassed forests.
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]
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / ⓘ; Marathi:, 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]
The table below lists all the talukas (tahsils/tehsils) of all the thirty-six districts in the Indian state of Maharashtra, along with district-subdivision and urban status information of headquarters villages/towns, as all talukas are intermediate level panchayats between the zilla parishad (district councils) at the district level and gram panchayats (village councils) at the lower level.
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 ...
Asian. State Highways in Maharashtra. 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.
List of forts in Maharashtra. A green canyon near Nashik. Karnala Fort in Navi Mumbai. Torna Fort in Maharashtra. Deccan Traps in Matheran. This is a list of forts in Maharashtra, a state of India. [1][2] Achala Fort (Nashik) Agashi Fort. Ahmednagar Fort.