Nanded District

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Nanded District (Marathi:नांदेड)is a district of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nanded is the district headquarters.

[edit] Overview

The district has an area of 10,502 km² while according to 2001 census its population is 2,876,259 of which 23.96% were urban. [1]

The Godavari River flows through the district.

Nanded District lies in the eastern portion of Marathwada region, which corresponds to Aurangabad Division of Maharashtra. The district is bounded by Nizamabad, Medak and Adilabad districts of Andhra Pradesh on the east, by Bidar District of Karnataka falls on the south, by Parbhani and Latur districts of Marathwada on the west, and Yavatmal District of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region on the north. The influence of Andhra, Karnataka and Vidarbha can be seen on the language, behaviour and general conduct of the people of Nanded.

[edit] History

Even though Nanded is mentioned in historical accounts since 4th century, the evidence of human habitation in this area has been found for the past 40 to 50 thousand years.

Upon reorganization of states in 1956, the district of Nanded came to comprise six talukas namely Kandhar, Hadgaon, Biloli, Degloor, Mudhol whereas Mukhed and Bhokar were called Mahals (revenue head quarters). As a result of reorganization of states, Bichkunda, Jukkal villages of Degloor taluka as well as the whole of Mudhol taluka (excluding Dharmabad) were merged with Nizamabad District of Andhra Pradesh. In lieu of them, Kinwat and Islapur villages were separated from Adilabad District and made part of Nanded District again. Islapur village was combined with Kinwat taluka and Dharmabad came to be merged with Biloli taluka. The best part in history of Nanded is the mention in Ramayana, as it was the place where Bharat's mother belonged. Also, the 10th and last living guru of Sikhs, Shri. Guru Gobind Singhji stayed in Nanded for a long time and from this place only he transferred the Guru title to the holy " Guru Granthsahib".

v • d • e 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