Aurangabad district General information

Aurangabad District is a District in Maharashtra, India. It is bordered by the districts of Nashik to the west, Jalgaon to the north, Jalna to the east, and Ahmednagar to the south. Aurangabad is the capital and principal city. The district is 37.53% urban as of 2001.

History

Aurangabad the only tourist district of India having two-world heritage monuments to its credit.  Moreover it is hoped that there will be good addition of two more in near future.  Barring these heritage monuments of Ajanta, Ellora, Daulatabad and Bibi-Ka-Maqbara the district is rich in monuments, historical and religious, of National importance.  Hence, it deserves the epithet as Tourist District of India.  Realizing its International Status the erstwhile central Minister for Tourism and Culture rightly praised the tremendous tourism potentiality of this district in one of the International Press- Met. (Mayami U.S.A. Press Meet.).

Location

Aurangabad District is located mainly in Godavari Basin and its some part towards North West of Tapi River Basin. This District's general down level is towards South and East and North West part comes in Purna –Godavari river basin. The Aurangabad district's North Longitude ( Degree) is 19 and 20 and East Longitude (Degree ) is 74 to 76.

Area

The Aurangabad District’s total area is 10,100 Sq. Kilo  Mtrs. Out of which 141.1 Sq. Km is Urban area and 99,587  Sq. Km  is Rural Area.

Forest

In Aurangbad district total Forest Area is 135.75 Sq.Km. As compare to Maharashtra the forest area of Aurangabad is 9.03%.

Mountain

There are three  mountains namely

1) Antur – its height is 826 Mtr.

2) Satonda – 552 Mtr.

3) Abbasgad – 671 Mtr. and Ajintha 578 Mtrs. Average   Height of Southern  portion is 600 to 670 mtrs.

River

The main rivers In Aurangabad district are  Godavari and Tapi and also Purna, Shivna, Kham . Dudhna, Galhati and Girja rivers are the sub rivers of Godavari.

Climate

In Aurangabad  rainy season starts from the month of  June to September-  and  October to February-Winter Season and March to May   Summer Season. The Average rain fall of Aurangabad District is 734 mm  and  the  Minimum Temperature  is 5.6  D.C.  Maximum Temperature is  45.9 D.C.

Language

In Aurangabad district as per the Census 2001 total population is 28,97,013 and  peoples mainly speaks  Marathi, Hindi, English and Urdu  language.

Access

Aurangabad is Divisional Headquarter of Revenue Department and centrally located in State of Maharashtra. The transportation facility such as Road, Railway and Air are available.

By Road

    * Mumbai – Aurangabad,
    * Hyderabad- Aurangabad
    * Nagpur- Aurangabad
    * Pune- Aurangabad.

By Rail

    * Mumbai- Aurangabad.
    * Hyderabad- Nanded- Aurangabad.
    * Secunderabad- Bangalor - Parbhani- Aurangabad.

By Air

    * Delhi- Mumbai- Aurangabad.
    * Mumbai- Aurangabad.