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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]
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 ]
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
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]
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 fifth-most populous urban area in Maharashtra after Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Nashik with a population of 1,175,116. The city is known as a major ...
Thane. Thane (Marathi: [ˈʈʰaːɳeː]; previously known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai. It is an immediate neighbour of Mumbai city proper, and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
pune.gov.in. Pune (/ ˈpuːnə / POO-nə, Marathi: [ˈpuɳe] ⓘ, ISO: Puṇē), previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), 15 16 is a city in Maharashtra state in the Deccan plateau in Western India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Pune district, and of Pune division.