As per the 2011 Census of India, Nashik Division had a population of 18,579,420 in the year 2011.[1]
Languagesedit
Marathi is the most spoken language, which is also the sole official language of the region. Khandeshi and Ahirani dialect of Marathi, along with Bhili are also spoken by a significant portion of the population in Khandesh region of Nashik Division. There are significant minorities of Urdu and Hindi speakers in certain urban areas of the division.
Religionedit
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 86.92% of the population of Nashik Division followed Hinduism, 10.00% Islam, 1.56% Buddhism, 0.35% Christianity and the remaining 1.17% of the population followed other religions or stated no religion.[1]
nashik, division, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nashik division news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2021 template removal help Nashik Division is one of the six divisions of India s Maharashtra state and four of its five districts form Uttar Maharashtra The three northernmost districts of Uttar Maharashtra form most of the historic Khandesh region which covers the northern part of the division in the valley of the Tapti River Nashik Division is bound by Konkan Division and the state of Gujarat to the west Madhya Pradesh state to the north Amravati Division and Marathwada Aurangabad Division to the east and Desh Pune Division to the south Nashik DivisionLocation of Nashik Division in MaharashtraCoordinates 20 00 36 N 73 46 48 E 20 01000 N 73 78000 E 20 01000 73 78000CountryIndiaStateMaharashtraDistrictsNashik Nandurbar Jalgaon Dhule AhmednagarGovernment Commissioner Nashik DivisionRajaram Mane IAS Police Commissioner Nashik DivisionNA All Guardian Minister Nashik DivisionChhagan Bhujbal Nashik District Hasan Mushrif Ahmednagar District Adv Kagda Chandya Padvi Nandurbar District Aaditya Thackeray Additional charge Jalgaon District Balasaheb ThoratAdditional charge Dhule District All District Collector s Nashik DivisionGangatharan D IAS Nashik District Rajendra Bhosale IAS Ahmednagar District Manisha Khatri IAS Nandurbar District Abhijit Rajendra Raut IAS Jalgaon District Jalaj Sharma IAS Dhule District All MP s Nashik DivisionNALanguagesMarathi Contents 1 Demographics 1 1 Languages 1 2 Religion 2 Districts 3 Subdivisions 4 Transport 4 1 Air 4 2 Rail 5 List of Divisional Commissioners 6 References 7 External linksDemographics editAs per the 2011 Census of India Nashik Division had a population of 18 579 420 in the year 2011 1 Languages edit Marathi is the most spoken language which is also the sole official language of the region Khandeshi and Ahirani dialect of Marathi along with Bhili are also spoken by a significant portion of the population in Khandesh region of Nashik Division There are significant minorities of Urdu and Hindi speakers in certain urban areas of the division Religion edit At the time of the 2011 Census of India 86 92 of the population of Nashik Division followed Hinduism 10 00 Islam 1 56 Buddhism 0 35 Christianity and the remaining 1 17 of the population followed other religions or stated no religion 1 Religion in Nashik Division 2011 1 Hinduism 86 92 Islam 10 00 Buddhism 1 56 Christianity 0 35 Other or not stated 1 17 Districts editAhmednagar District Dhule District Jalgaon District Nandurbar District Nashik DistrictSubdivisions editThere are 54 tehsils of 5 districts are divided into 28 subdivisions in Nashik division No Subdivision Headquarter Tehsils District1 Ahmednagar Ahmednagar Newasa Ahmednagar2 Karjat Karjat Jamkhed3 Pathardi Pathardi Shevgaon4 Shrigonda Shrigonda Parner5 Sangamner Sangamner Akola6 Shirdi Rahata Kopargaon7 Shrirampur Shrirampur Rahuri8 Dhule Dhule Sakri Dhule9 Shirpur Shirpur Shindkheda10 Amalner Amalner Chopda Jalgaon11 Faizpur Yawal Raver12 Bhusawal Bhusawal Muktainagar Bodwad13 Jalgaon Jalgaon Jamner14 Erandol Erandol Dharangaon Parola15 Pachora Pachora Bhadgaon16 Chalisgaon Chalisgaon17 Nandurbar Nandurbar Nawapur Nandurbar18 Shahada Shahada Akrani19 Taloda Taloda Akkalkuwa20 Nashik Nashik Nashik21 Nashik Igatpuri Trimbakeshwar22 Dindori Dindori Peint23 Niphad Niphad Sinnar24 Yeola Yeola Nandgaon25 Chandwad Chandwad Deola26 Malegaon Malegaon27 Satana Satana28 Kalwan Kalwan SurganaTransport editAir edit Nashik Airport is well connected by direct flights to Pune and Ahmedabad Jalgaon Airport is well connected by direct flights to Mumbai and Ahmedabad Shirdi Airport is an airport in Ahmednagar district Rail edit Nashik Road Bhusawal and Jalgaon are major railway stations in the region List of Divisional Commissioners editJ G Rajadhyaksha 20 02 1981 to 30 09 1984 J D Jadhav 12 12 1984 to 01 12 1985 Leena Mehendale 28 06 1994 to 28 11 1995 Kishore Gajbhiye 19 01 2004 to 05 01 2004 Eknath Dawale 11 02 2014 2 References edit a b c Population By Religious Community XLS censusindia gov in Retrieved 18 September 2023 Divisional Commissioners Retrieved 25 January 2016 External links edithttp www jalgaon co in https web archive org web 20150405153304 http www nashik nic in htmldocs disoverview htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nashik division amp oldid 1175898408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
