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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
Up to 1863, Buldhana was a part of the West Berar district. Malkapur, Chikhli (formerly Deulghat) and Mehkar tahsils were separated from the West Berar district in 1864, to make what was at first called South-West Berar district and later named as Meh-kar district. The district headquarters was shifted to Buldhana in 1867 and the district was renamed as Buldhana district. Khamgaon tahsil was created in 1870 by separating some villages from Balapur tahsil of Akola district. Consequent upon the realign-ment of district boundaries in Berar in 1905, Khamgaon and Jalgaon tahsils were transferred to Buldhana district from Akola district. There were no major changes in the boundaries of the district or its tahsils between 1911 and 1955.
With the Reorganisation of States in 1956, the district was trans-ferred from Madhya Pradesh to the then Bombay State. The district forms a part of Maharashtra State since 1st May, 1960.
The district now covers an area of 9,754 square kilometres (3,766 sq. miles) and has, according to 1971 Census, a population of 12,62,978. The administrative divisions now stand as shown below:
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Sub-Division |
Tahsil |
Area in
(Sq. miles) |
Population
(1961 Census) | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
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Buldhana |
Chikhli |
2,393 |
3,25,860 |
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Mehkar |
Mehkar |
2,608 |
2,90,894 |
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Malkapur |
Malkapur |
1,686 |
2,68,235 |
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Khamgaon |
Khamgaon |
1,839 |
2,38,160 |
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Jalgaon |
Jalgaon |
1,228 |
1,39,829 |
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Total |
9,754 |
12,62,978 |
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