Nandurbar district

Nandurbar district
Nandurbar district
District
	Kathi Holi, Toranmal-Nandurbar, Yeshwant Lake
	Location in Maharashtra
	Nandurbar district
	Coordinates: 21°23′N 74°22′E / 21.383°N 74.367°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Nashik
Named for	Aadivasi (tribal)
Headquarters	Nandurbar
Talukas	Shahada; Nandurbar; Navapur; Taloda; Akkalkuwa; Dhadgaon;
Government
• Body	Nandurbar Zilla Parishad
• Guardian Minister	Anil Bhaidas Patil; (Cabinet Minister);
• President Zilla Parishad	President; Mrs. Adv. Seema Padmakar Valavi; Vice President; Mr. Adv. Ram Chandrakant Raghuvanshi;
• District Collector	Dr. Mittali Sethi (IAS);
• CEO Zilla Parishad	Mr. Raghunath Gawde (IAS);
• MPs	*Heena Gavit; (Nandurbar);
Area
• Total	5,955 km2 (2,299 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,648,295
• Density	260/km2 (700/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Marathi
• Spoken	Ahirani Aadivasi, Bhili, Gujar Pawri and various dialects of tribal language s
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	91-2564
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH-NB
Vehicle registration	MH-39
Sex ratio	975 ♂/♀
Literacy	64.38%%
Website	nandurbar.gov.in

Nandurbar district (Marathi pronunciation: [nən̪d̪uɾbaːɾ]) is an administrative district in the northwest corner of Maharashtra state in India . On 1 July 1998 Dhule was bifurcated as two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar. Nandurbar is a tribal-dominated district, The district headquarters are located at Nandurbar city. The district occupies an area of 5,955 square kilometres (2,299 sq mi) and has a population of 1,648,295 of which 16.71% were urban (as of 2011).^[2]

Nandurbar district is bounded to the south and south-east by Dhule district, to the west and north is the state of Gujarat, to the north and north-east is the state of Madhya Pradesh. The northern boundary of the district is defined by the great Narmada River.

Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village and rushil in Nandurbar district became first citizen of India to be assigned a twelve-digit unique identification on 29 September 2010. The unique identification or Aadhaar is ambitious project of the central government of India to provide unique identification to its billion plus citizens.^[3]

^ "Vehicle Registration Number – Useful info for car lover". Team-BHP. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
^ "District Census Hand Book – Nandurbar" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "Aadhar – How to get your unique ID from the govt of India". The Times of India. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[1] "Vehicle Registration Number – Useful info for car lover". Team-BHP. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

[districtcensus-2] "District Census Hand Book – Nandurbar" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[3] "Aadhar – How to get your unique ID from the govt of India". The Times of India. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

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