Gondia District, also known as Gondiya District,

is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Gondia

(Gondiya). The district occupies an area of 5,431 km² and has a population of 1,200,707 of which 11.95% were urban (as of

2001). [1] The district is part of Nagpur Division.
 
Gondia is very close to Madhya Pradesh as well as

Chattisgarh states, and is considered the gateway to Maharashtra from central and eastern India. It has more than 100

ricemills and some small scale tobacco industries. This makes it a very important central hub for business[citation

needed].
 

 * 1 The town
 * 2 Geography
 * 3 Industry and education

 * 4 Demographics
 
The town
 
The district headquarter is situated at Gondia

situated on Mumbai - Calcutta railway route which is 1060 km from Mumbai, capital of state

Gondia is 1000km from

Pune
 
Geography
 
Gondia district lies at lattitudes 20.39 and 21.38 North and

longitudes 89.27 to 82.42 east. The adjoining districts to Gondia are on northern side Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh

and on eastern side Rajnandgaon district of Chattisgarh state. To the south and west are Chandrapur district and Bhandara

district of Maharashtra.
 
Industry and education
 
Gondia is famous for it's

resident Engineering College "Manohar Bhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology".
 
Gondia Industrial

Area is one of the best Industrial Area in Nagpur Region. With the main objective to promote industrial growth, [MIDC] has

fully developed the Gondia Industrial Area and all efforts are being made to make this Indl.Area. Various corporates have

started setting up base, ever since plot allotment started. Today, the number of industries operating in the area is around

161, with around under construction. Plots in the Industrial Area Of the 110.87 hectares of land developed 161 plots have

been carved out. 97 plots have been allotted to Gondia industrial areas and entrepreneurs, 64 industrial plots are available

for allotment. Gondia Industrial Area spans a total area of 146.14

hectares.
 
Demographics
 
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Gondiya had a population of

120,878. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gondiya has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the

national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Gondiya, 12% of the population is under 6

years of age.
 
Divisions
 
The district is divided into 2 sub-divisions,

Gondia and Deori which are further divided into 8 talukas. Each sub-divisions consist 4

talukas. The Gondia sub-division consists Gondia, Goregaon, Tiroda and Arjuni More talukas while Deori sub-division consists

Deori, Amgaon, Salekasa and Sadak Arjuni talukas. The district consists 556 Gram panchayats, 8 Panchayat Samitis and 954

revenue villages. Two municiplities in this district are Gondia and Tiroda.

The district has 6 Vidhan Sabha

constituencies, Gondia, Tiroda, Goregaon, Amgaon, Lakhandur and Sakoli. Lakhandur and Sakoli constituencies include parts of

area of the Bhandara district also.