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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. Maharashtra with all of its districts
Locator map of the state of en:Maharashtra, India with district boundaries and Admin. divisions: Date: 18 August 2011, 16:06 (UTC) ... Maharashtra locator map.svg: .
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
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]
Newer districts were also added after India gained independence in 1947 and also after the state of Maharashtra was formed. Since 1947, the east–west tracts of Thane district on Salsette Island, starting with the city of Bandra, then Andheri, then finally Borivali to Dahisar were carved out and added to the former Bombay, now 'Mumbai ...
The economy of Maharashtra is the largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of ₹ 42.5 trillion (US$490 billion) and GSDP per capita of ₹ 335,247 (US$3,900); [9] it is the single-largest contributor to India's economy, being accountable for 14% of all-India nominal GDP.
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.
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.