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Amravati district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Maharashtra
- Division
- Amravati
- Headquarters
- Amravati
- Body
- Amaravati Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Chandrashekhar Bawankule , Cabinet Minister
- President zilla parishad
- President, Nitin Gondane Vice-President, Datta Dhomne
- District collector
- Ashish Yerekar (IAS)
- Ceo zilla parishad
- Avishyant Panda (IAS)
- Mps
- Balwant Wankhade , ( Amravati ) Amar Sharadrao Kale , ( Wardha )
- Total
- 12,235 km (4,724 sq mi)
- Density
- 213/km (550/sq mi)
- Official
- Marathi
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- MH-27
- Website
- amravati .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Capital
- Amravati
- Official language
- Marathi
- Population
- 2888445
- Area
- 12235
- Time zone
- Indian Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Akola district
- Headquarters
- Amravati
- Official website
- amravati.nic.in
- Image
- Amravati-City-Bus.jpg
- Households
- 647451
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- Category:Amravati district
- Commons category
- Amravati district
- male population
- 1480768
- female population
- 1407677
- urban population
- 1037287
- rural population
- 1851158
- literate population
- 2251875
- illiterate population
- 636570
- short name
- AMV
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Encyclopedic overview
Amravati district (Marathi pronunciation: [əmɾaːʋət̪iː]) is a district of Maharashtra state in central India. It is the administrative headquarter of Amravati division, which is one of the two divisions in Vidarbha (other being Nagpur), out of total 6 regions in state of Maharashtra.
The district is situated between 20°32' and 21°46' north latitudes and 76°37' and 78°27' east longitudes. The district occupies an area of 12,235 km. The district has boundaries with Betul District of Madhya Pradesh state to the north, and with the Maharashtra districts of Nagpur to the northeast, Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh to the northeast Wardha to the east, Yavatmal to the south, Washim to the southwest, and Akola and Buldhana districts to the west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amravati district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.