Aurangabad_Division
Aurangabad division
Place in Maharashtra, India
Aurangabad division, officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division[3] is one of the six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. It represents the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and is synonymous with it.
Aurangabad Division
Marathwada | |
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division | |
Coordinates: 19°53′19.63″N 75°20′36.37″E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
Districts | |
Government | |
• Commissioner Aurangabad Division |
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• Police Commissioner Aurangabad Division | NA |
• All Guardian Minister Aurangabad Division |
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• All District Collector's Aurangabad Division |
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• All MP's Aurangabad Division | NA |
Area | |
• Total | 64,590.58 km2 (24,938.56 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 18,731,872 |
Languages[2] | |
• Language | Marathi (official) Urdu Hindi Lambadi |
Literacy | 76.49%[1] |
Aurangabad Division has total area of 64,590 km2 and had a population of 18,731,872 at the time of the 2011 census of India.[4][lower-alpha 1]
Languages
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the territory making up Aurangabad Division had a variety of languages. 77.98% of the population spoke Marathi, 9.56% Urdu, 6.49% Hindi and 3.20% Lambadi as their first language.[5]
Religion
Hinduism is the majority religion in Aurangabad Division, with Islam and Buddhism being significant minorities. In urban areas of Aurangabad Division, the Muslim population exceeds 25%, notably in cities such as Aurangabad itself, where it stands at around 30%. This is higher than the division's average population of 18%. Sikhism has a significant presence in Nanded, meanwhile Jains are present in urban areas of Marathwada such as Auranabad, Jalna and Osmanabad.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 76.68% of the population of Aurangabad Division followed Hinduism, 15.13% Islam, 7.17% Buddhism, 0.22% Christianity and the remaining 0.81% of the population followed other religions or stated no religion.[6][lower-alpha 2]
- "District wise Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "Aurangabad division languages(Marathwada region)". www.censusindia.gov.in. Census of India 2011.
- "Aurangabad formally renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv". Hindustan Times. 16 September 2023.
- "Maharashtra Population Census data 2011". Government of India. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "PCA REL: Primary Census Abstract - By religion, Maharashtra". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011.
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