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Ahilyanagar district
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district of Maharashtra in India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Maharashtra
- Division
- Nashik
- Headquarters
- Ahmednagar
- Tehsils
- Akole , Jamkhed , Karjat , Kopargaon , Nagar , Nevasa , Parner , Pathardi , Rahata , Rahuri , Sangamner , Shevgaon , Shrigonda , Shrirampur
- Body
- Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil , ( Cabinet Minister Mah )
- President zilla parishad
- President, Vacant Vice-President, Vacant
- District collector
- Siddharam Salimath (IAS)
- Ceo zilla parishad
- Ashish Yerekar (IAS)
- Mps
- Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke , ( Ahmednagar ) Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure , ( Shirdi )
- Total
- 17,048 km (6,582 sq mi)
- Density
- 266.49/km (690.21/sq mi)
- Urban
- 17.67%
- Literacy
- 80.22%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- MH-16 MH-17 and MH-51
- Major highways
- NH-50 , NH-222 SH-10
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bombay Presidency
- Capital
- Ahilyanagar
- Population
- 4543159
- Area
- 17048
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Nashik district
- Official website
- ahmednagar.gov.in
- Image
- Dharwadi Arch.jpg
- Households
- 930024
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- topic's main category
- Category:Ahmednagar district
- native label
- Ahmednagar
- inception
- 1818-01-01
- Commons category
- Ahmednagar district
- male population
- 2342825
- female population
- 2200334
- short name
- AHN
- urban population
- 912617
- rural population
- 3630542
- literate population
- 3151890
- illiterate population
- 1391269
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Encyclopedic overview
Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: [əɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ]), officially Ahilyanagar district, is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical city of Ahmednagar is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar and Sangamner are the largest cities in the district. It was the seat of the Ahmednagar Sultanate of late medieval period (1496–1636 CE). This district is known for the towns of Shirdi associated with Sai Baba, Meherabad associated with Meher Baba, Shani Shinganapur with Shanidev, and Devgad with Lord Dattatreya. Ahmednagar district is part of Nashik Division. The district is bordered by Aurangabad district to the northeast, Nashik district to the northwest, Thane and Pune districts to the southwest, Solapur district to the south and Beed district to the southeast.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahilyanagar district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.