Aurangabad division

Aurangabad division, officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division^{[3][clarification needed]} 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
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division
Aurangabad
Coordinates: 19°53′19.63″N 75°20′36.37″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Districts	Aurangabad district Nanded district Jalna district Osmanabad district Latur district Beed district Parbhani district Hingoli district
Government
• Commissioner Aurangabad Division	Dr. Sunil Kendrekar (IAS)
• Police Commissioner Aurangabad Division	NA
• All Guardian Minister Aurangabad Division	Subhash Desai (Aurangabad District) Ashok Chavan (Nanded District) Rajesh Tope (Jalna District) Shankarrao Gadakh (Osmanabad District) Amit Deshmukh (Latur District) Dhananjay Munde (Beed District) Dhananjay Munde Additional Charge (Parbhani District) Varsha Gaikwad (Hingoli District)
• All District Collector's Aurangabad Division	Mr. Sunil Chavan (IAS) (Aurangabad District) Abhijit Rajendra Raut (IAS) (Nanded District) Mr. Dr. Vijay Rathod (IAS) (Jalna District) Mr. Kaustubh Diwegaonkar IAS (Osmanabad District) Mr. Prithviraj B.P (IAS) (Latur District) Mr. Radhabinod A. Sharma (IAS) (Beed District) Mr. D. M. Mugalikar (IAS) (Parbhani District) Mr. Jitendra Papalkar (IAS) (Hingoli District)
• All MP's Aurangabad Division	NA
Area [1]
• 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]

Demographics

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

Languages of Aurangabad Division (2011)

  Marathi (77.98%)

  Urdu (9.56%)

  Hindi (6.49%)

  Lambadi (3.20%)

  Others (2.77%)

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]}

Religion in Aurangabad Division (2011)^[6]

  Hinduism (76.68%)

  Islam (15.13%)

  Buddhism (7.17%)

  Christianity (0.22%)

  Other or not stated (0.81%)

Districts

• Aurangabad
• Beed
• Jalna
• Latur
• Hingoli
• Parbhani
• Osmanabad
• Nanded

Notes

1. Aurangabad Division is not separate political or administrative entity so there is no reference of population by name of "Aurangabad Division", population has been calculated by adding population of 8 districts of Aurangabad Division.
2. Aurangabad Division is not separate political or administrative entity so there is no reference of population by name of "Aurangabad Division", population for each religion has been calculated by adding population of 8 districts of Aurangabad Division.

References

1. "District wise Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
2. "Aurangabad division languages(Marathwada region)". www.censusindia.gov.in. Census of India 2011.
3. "Aurangabad formally renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv". Hindustan Times. 16 September 2023.
4. "Maharashtra Population Census data 2011". Government of India. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
5. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
6. "PCA REL: Primary Census Abstract - By religion, Maharashtra". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011.

• maharashtra.gov.in