Beed district
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Beed or Bid is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Beed. The district occupies an area of 10,693 km² and has a population of 2,161,250 of which 17.91% were urban (as of 2001). [1]
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Divisions and Districts of Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
| Amravati Division | Akola | Amravati | Buldhana | Washim | Yavatmal |
| Konkan Division | Mumbai | Mumbai (Suburban) | Raigad | Ratnagiri | Sindhudurg | Thane |
| Aurangabad Division | Aurangabad | Beed | Hingoli | Jalna | Latur | Nanded | Osmanabad | Parbhani |
| Nagpur Division | Bhandara | Chandrapur | Gadchiroli | Gondia | Nagpur | Wardha |
| Nashik Division | Ahmednagar | Dhule | Jalgaon | Nandurbar | Nashik |
| Pune Division | Kolhapur | Pune | Sangli | Satara | Solapur |
== Brief Information ==
Beed district has a long history of many rulers and kingdoms. In ancient era, this city was called as "Champavati nagari". The city still proudly shows some old monuments showing the signs of past glory in the form of many city entry doors (called Ves in local language) and city protection walls.
Till 19th century, this part of Marathwad was under NIZAM monarchy, but later included into Indian republic after a fierce struggle between Indian freedom fighters and Nizam soldiers.
Beed district has many tourist places to visit like Parli Vaijinath( one of the Jotirlingas of lord SHIVA, Ambejogai ( famous holy place of Ma Amba),Khajan well(near Beed city) etc
Agriculture business is main business here and it is largly dependent on mansoon rain.
