Buldhana district has an area of 9,680 km² and is located in Amravati

division of Maharashtra, located in central India. It is around 500 km from the state capital, Mumbai.
 
The world

largest hyper-velocity meteorite impact crater in basaltic rock, the Lonar crater, is located in Buldhana

district.
 
The district is bounded on the north by Madhya Pradesh state, to the east by Akola and Washim

districts, to the south by Parbhani and Jalna districts, and to the west by Jalna and Jalgaon districts.
 
The

district is the western most district of Vidarbha.
 
  1 Origin of name
  2 History
  3

Geography
  4 Economy
  5 Representation and subdivisions
  6 Transport and travel
  7

Demographics
  8 Culture
  9 Flora and fauna
  10 Education
  11 Media
  12 Prominent

Person
  13 Places of interest

 
Origin of name

It is also spelled as Buldhana

earlier.
 
History

It is believed that Buldhana, along with the rest of the erstwhile

Berar province, was part of the legendary kingdom of Vidarbha mentioned in the Mahabharata. Berar also formed part of the

Mauryan Empire during the reign of Asoka (272 to 231 BCE). Berar later came under the rule of the Satavahana dynasty (2nd

century BCE–2nd century CE), the Vakataka dynasty (3rd to 6th centuries), the Chalukya dynasty (6th to 8th centuries), the

Rashtrakuta dynasty (8th to 10th centuries), the Chalukyas again (10th to 12th centuries), and finally the Yadava dynasty of

Devagiri (late 12th to early 14th centuries. A period of Muslim rule began when Ala ud din Khilji, Sultan of Delhi, conquered

the region in the early 14th century. The region was part of the Bahmani Sultanate, which broke away from the Delhi Sultanate

in the mid-14th century. The Bahmani Sultanate broke up into smaller sultanates at the end of the 15th century, and in 1572

Berar became part of the Nizam Shahi sultanate, based at Ahmednagar. The Nizam Shahis ceded Berar to the Mughal Empire in

1595. As Mughal rule started to unravel at the start of the 18th century, Asaf Jah I, Nizam of Hyderabad seized the southern

provinces of the empire (including Berar) in 1724, forming an independent state.
 
Mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji,

Veer Mata Jijabai was born at Sindkhed Raja, at the Palace of Lakhuji Jadhav.
 
In 1853, the district together

with the rest of Berar came under the administration of the British East India Company. Berar was divided into East and West

Berar with Buldhana district being included in West Berar. In 1903, Berar was leased by the Nizam of Hyderabad to the British

Government of India.
 
Buldhana district forms the west part of Amravati division

now
 
Geography
The world heritage site of Lonar crater is located in Buldhana district.it is

the second big crater in world
 
The d boundary latitude are : 19.51° to 21.17° N and longitude are : 75.57° to

76.59° E
 
The climate is tropical and people mostly uses cotton clothes.
 
The district lies in the

Tapti River and Godavari River basins. Purna River is tributary of Tapti River while Penganga River and Kadakpurna River are

tributaries of Godavari River.
 
Here are some of the rivers in Buldhana, with their

tributaries
 
 * Purna River
    * Vaan River

    * Mann River
      * Utawali River

    * Nipani River
    * Mas River

      * Bordi River
        *

Dynanganga River
    * Vishwaganga River
    * Nalganga

River
 * Penganga River
 * Kadakpurna River
 * Dhamana

River
 
Economy
Cotton, jowar and other cereals, oil seeds,

soybeans, sunflower and groundnut are the predominant crops grown in the district.
 
Khamgaon and Malkapur are the

major cotton trading towns in the district. The district has many minor and medium size irrigation projects. The important

are Nalganga and Vaan.
 
The district has major industrial areas at Khamgoan and Malkapur and has mini industrial

areas at Chikhli, Buldhana, Dasarkhed, Deoulgaonraja, Mehkar, Sangrampur and Lonar.
 
There are thirteen

Agriculture Produce Market Committee - Main Market one each in every tehsil and twenty sub-market in the

districts
 
Representation and subdivisions
The district contribute one seat at Lok Sabha

namely Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency). It has seven seats at Maharashtra State legislature assembly namely Malkapur,

Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindhkheraja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalamb.
 
The district has five subdivisions, namely

Buldhana, Mehkar, Khamgaon, Malkapur, Jalgaon-Jamod and headed by a Sub Divisional Officer (SDO).
 
The district

of Buldhana comprise of thirteen talukas namely Buldhana, Chikhli, Deulgaon Raja, Malkapur, Motala, Nandura, Mehkar,

Sindkhed Raja, Lonar, Khamgaon, Shegaon, Jalgaon Jamod and Sangrampur.
 
Each tehsil is

headed by Tahsildar and assisted by Naib-Tahsildhar, Revenue Inspector and Talathis.
 
Transport and

travel
The various railway stations with their codes are Khamkhed(KMKD), Malkapur(MKU), Wdoda(WDD), Chandur

Biswa(BIS), Nandura(NN), KumgaonBurti(KJL), Jalamb Junction(JM), Khamgaon(KMN), Shegaon(SEG), and Nagzari(NGZ) and are under

Bhusawal - Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.
 
National Highway 6 - NH6 passes through

Khamgaon, Nandura, and Malkapur towns in the district. The other major road is State Highway passing through Shegaon,

Khamgaon, Chikhali, Deulgaonraja. Vehicles from Nagpur, Amravati and Akola passes through Khamgaon–Chikhali–Deulgaonraja

while going towards Jalna–Aurangabad and Pune.
 
There are many Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation's

bus stands at all towns of the districts. The major one are Buldhana, Malkapur, Chikhali, Khamgaon, Shegaon and Nandura.

There are State Transport bus depots at Buldhana, Malkapur, Chikhali, Mehkar, Khamgaon, Shegaon and

Jalgaon-Jamod.
 
The importatnt roads in the district are
 * National Highway 6 -

Balapur(Akola) - Kolori - Khamgaon - Aamsari - Nandura - Wadner - Malkapur - Dharangaon - Muktainagar (Jalgaon)

 * State Highway 24: Ajanta(Aurangabad) - Madh - Padli - Buldhana - Warwand - Khamgaon - Shegaon - Deori(Akola)

 * 171 Lonar - Mehkar - Janephal - Pathardi - Atali - Temburna NH 6
 * 173 Tunki - Bawanbir - Warwat -

Manasgaon - Shegaon - Khamgaon -Undri - Amdapur - Lavhala - Sakharkhera - Dusarbid - Raheri - Jalna district
 *

176 Deulgaon Raja - Chikhli - Buldhana - Motala - Parda - Wakodi - Malkapur
 * 177 Sindkhed Raja - Jalna

district
 * 183 Deulgaon Raja - Sindkhed Raja - Bibi - Sultanpur
 * 188 Parda - Rohinkhed - Thad -

Dhamnagaon Badhe - Jalgaon district
 * 190 Wakodi - Jambhuldhaba - Gaulkhed
 * 193 Buldhana - Dhad -

Mahora(Jalna)
 * 194 (Jalgaon) - Pimpalgaon Kale - Khandvi - Jalgaon Jamod - Sungaon - Jamod - Tunki -Sonala -

Hiwarkhed (Akola)
 * 195 Burhanpur(MP) - Jalgaon Jamod - Sangrampur - Warwat - Telhara ( Akola )
 *

196 Motala - Fuli - Tarwadi - Kadatgaon - Nandura - Zadegaon - Khandvi
 * 198 Balapur(Akola) - Jawala -

Shegaon
 * 199 Warwand - Undri - Chinchpur - Ambetakli - Adgaon - (Wadegaon)(Akola)
 * 205 Chikhli -

Amdapur
 * 206 Chikhali - Lovhala - Mehkar - Ukli - Sonati - Washim district
 * 207 Mehkar - Dongaon

- Malegaon ( Washim )
 
Major District Road
 * MDR 1 Tunki - Wasali - Ambabarva

 * MDR 2 Kondari - Paturda - Kavthal - Bhedval - Khandvi
 * MDR 7 Shegaon - Alasana - Kurkhed - Jalamb

 * MDR 17 Shegaon - Zadegaon -Aadsul -Padsul
 
Motor buses, jeeps are the popular mode of

transport.

The nearest airport for the district is Aurangabad which is around 150 km.

Youth Hostel Buldhana is

one out of two youth hostels in Maharashtra and is located near Zilla Crida Sankulan with 50 bed dormitory and 5 double

room.
 
Demographics
The district has the population of 2,232,480 of which 21.20% were urban

(2001 census). [1] The male populations is 1,144,314 and the female population is 1,082,014.

The literacy rate is

76.14 percent.
 
Culture
Fair at Shegaon on Ram Navami in Chaitra Lunar Month of Hindu

calendar (or Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami).
 
The folk arts are Bhajan, Keertan and

Gondhal.
 
Nihali language a language isolate of India, is spoken by some 2,000 people (1991) in the Buldana

District of Maharashtra. Speakers are bilingual in Korku language, Hindi or Marathi language,
 
Flora and

fauna
Lonar Crater has very different flora and fauna in the vicinity. The Dnyanganga Sanctuary is situated in

the district. There is good forest area in the sanctuary.
 
Education
The district has many

Schools offereing Primary and Secondary education. The Schools follow mostly the SSC pattern of Maharashtra

State.
 
The College are affiliated to Amravati University Amravati
 
The prominent College in the

district are
 
 * Shri Shivaji HighSchool and Junior college,Buldana
 * Jijamata

MahaVidyalaya, Buldhana.
 * Arts College, Buldana.
 * Government College of education, Buldhana.

 * Bharat Vidyalaya Buldana.
 * Bharat Junior College, Buldana.
 * Aided High School,

Buldana.
 * Aided Junior College, Buldana.
 * Prabodhan Vidyalaya Buldana.
 * Shri

Siddheshwar Viddyalaya & Jr. College, Kolara(Chikhli)
 * Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering

Shegaon,
 * Anuradha College of Engineering Chikhli,
 * Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chikhli
 *

Anuradha College of Pharmacy, Chikhli
 * Government Polytechnic, Khamgaon,
 * Janata Arts and

Commerce College, Malkapur,
 * G S College of Science, Arts and Commerce, Khamgaon.
 * Shri Shivaji

Arts and Science College , Chikhli.
 * G B Murarka Arts and Commerence College, Shegaon
 * Shripad

Krishna Kolhatkar College, Jalgaon-Jamod.
 * Shri Pundalik Maharaj Mahavidyalaya, Nandura.
 * M E S

Arts and Commerce College, Mehkar.
 * Shri A K National high school and junior college Khamgaon
 *

Indira Gandhi Muncipal highschool Khamgaon
 * Maharashtravidyalaya Khamgaon
 * Late Sunil Ramsingh

Chunaewale Ayurvedic College, Chikhli
 * Panchasheel Homeopathic Medical college Khamgaon
 * Govt.

Industrial Training Institute Khamgaon
 * Z P Highschool & Junior College Khamgaon
 * SWS dnyanpeeth

Khamgaon
 * Lions Dnyanpeeth Khamgaon
 * Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's Tatyasaheb Mahajan College of

Arts and Commerce, Chikhli
 * Technical Institute Khamgaon
 * Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,

Shegaon.
 * New Era High School, Khamgaon.
 * Nutan Vidyalaya, Malkapur.
 * Kothari High

School, Nandura.
 * Law college Khamgon
 * Surajdevi Mehta Mahilamahavidyalaya Khamgaon

 * Z P Girls High School Khamgaon
 * Takshashila High School,Chikhli
 * Vivekanand Vidya Mandir

& Jr. College Vivekanand Nagar

 
Media
There are some local newspaper published in the

district from Khamgaon and Buldhana like Dainik Deshonnati, Daily Lokmat, Matrubhumi, Prashnakal, Dainik

Samrath
 
Prominent Person
The list of Prominent persons from District
 

 * Jijabai, Mother of great King Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
 
Places of

interest
 
 * Lonar, place of Lonar Crater, Lonar Lake and Lonar Sanctuary; around 90 km to the

south.
 * Ajanta caves, 50 km away from the city.
 * Sindkhed Raja, birth place of Veer Mata Jijabai,

mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji and Palace of Lakhuji Jadhav, around 100 km
 * Chikhli, Temple of Shri Renuka

Devi.
 * Shegaon, also known as Pandharpur of Vidarbha, home to the Sant Gajanan Maharaj, around 90 km

 * Mehkar, the famous Balaji Temple.
 * Deulgaon Raja, the famous Balaji Temple.
 * Chikhli, the

Durgah of Sailani Baba
 * Malegaon, Shri Bapuji Maharaj.
 * Dnyanganga Sanctuary
 *

Ambabarva Sanctuary
 * Nandura, for the world's biggest Hanuman idol.