Gadchiroli District

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Gadchiroli District is an administrative district in Maharashtra, India. It is the most backward district in Maharashtra. The town of Gadchiroli is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Gadchiroli District is situated in the southeastern corner of Maharashtra, and is bounded by Chandrapur District to the west, Gondiya District to the north, Chhatisgarh state to the east, and Andhra Pradesh state to the south and southwest. Gadchiroli District was created on August 26, 1982 by the separation of Gadchiroli and Sironcha tehsils from Chandrapur District.

Per the 2001 Census of India, the population of the district is 970,294 of which 6.93% were urban. [1] Male and female population is 4,91,101 and 4,79,193 respectively. Scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population in the district is 1,08,824 and 3,71,696. The literacy rate of district is 60.1%. The tribal community population that resides in the district is 38.3 %.

The district is categoried as a tribal and undeveloped district and most of the land is covered with forest and hills. Forests cover more than 79.36 % of the geographical area of the district. This district is famous for bamboo and Tendu leaves. Paddy is the main agricultural product of the district. The agriculture products of the district are Jowar, Linseed, Tur, and wheat. The Main profession of the people is farming.

There is no large scale Industry in the district except the [[paper mill at Ashti in Chamorshi Taluka, and the paper pulp factory at Desaiganj. There are many rice mills in the district. The Tussar silk worm centre is in Armori Taluka. Only, 18.5 kilometers of railway lines pass through the district.

Seven languages are spoken in the district ie, Gondi, Madiya , Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Chattisgadi.

The district is well known for Naxalite activities; Naxalites (People's War Group) have taken shelter in the dense forests and hills of this district.

The district is divided into three sub-divisions, Gadchiroli, Aheri and Desaiganj, and each sub-division has four talukas. There are 467 Gram Panchayats and 1688 Revenue Villages. The district has three Legislative Assembly constituencies, Gadchiroli, Armori and Sironcha. The district has 12 Panchayat Samitis. Only two municipalities, Gadchiroli and Wadsa, exist in the district.

The main river basin of the district is the Godavari, which flows west to east and forms the southern boundary of the district. The major tributaries of the Godavari are the Indravati and the Pranhita, which is in turn formed by the confluence of the Wainganga and the Wardha near Chaprala village of Chamorshi Taluka.

Dhanora, Etappali, Aheri and Sironcha talukas in the eastern part of the district are covered by forest. Hills are found in Bhamaragad, Tipagad, Palasgad and Surjagad talukas.

Divisions and Districts of Maharashtra
Amravati Division: Akola | Amravati | Buldhana | Washim | Yavatmal
Konkan Division: Mumbai | Mumbai (Suburban) | Raigad | Ratnagiri | Sindhudurg | Thane
Aurangabad Division: Aurangabad | Beed | Hingoli | Jalna | Latur | Nanded | Osmanabad | Parbhani
Nagpur Division: Bhandara | Chandrapur | Gadchiroli | Gondia | Nagpur | Wardha
Nashik Division: Ahmednagar | Dhule | Jalgaon | Nandurbar | Nashik
Pune Division: Kolhapur | Pune | Sangli | Satara | Solapur