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| governing_body           = '''Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad'''
| leader_title             = Guardian Minister
| leader_name              = '''[[Hasan Mushrif]]'''<br /> {{small|([[Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister Mah]])}}
| leader_title1            = President Zilla Parishad
| leader_name1             = *President<br /> '''Mrs. Rajshritai Ghule'''
*Vice President<br /> '''Mr. Pratap Shelke'''
| leader_title2            = District Collector
| leader_name2             = *'''Dr. Rajendra Bhosale (IAS)'''
| leader_title3            = CEO Zilla Parishad
| leader_name3             = *'''Mr. Sambhaji Langore (IAS)'''
| leader_title4            = [[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha|MPs]]
| leader_name4             = *'''[[Sujay Vikhe Patil]]'''<br /> {{small|([[Ahmednagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ahmednagar]])}}
*'''[[Sadashiv Lokhande]]<br /> {{small|([[Shirdi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shirdi]])}}
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'''Ahmednagar district''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[əɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ]]]) is the largest [[districts of Maharashtra|district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state in western India. The historical [[Ahmednagar]] city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar and Sangamner are largest cities in the district. Ahmednagar was the seat of the [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Ahmednagar Sultanate]] of late medieval period (1496–1636 CE). This district is known for the towns of [[Shirdi]] associated with [[Sai Baba of Shirdi|Sai Baba]], [[Meherabad]] associated with [[Meher Baba]], [[Shani Shingnapur|Shani Shinganapur]] with Shanidev, and Devgad with Lord [[Dattatreya]]. Ahmednagar district is part of [[Nashik Division]]. The district is bordered by [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]] to the northeast, [[Nashik district]] to the northwest, [[Thane district|Thane]] and [[Pune district|Pune]] districts to the southwest, [[Solapur district]] to the south and [[Beed district]] to the southeast.

==Tourism==
*[[Ahmednagar Fort]]
*[[Bhandardara]]
*[[Harishchandragad]]
*[[Kalsubai]]
*[[Nighoj]] 
*[[Shani Shingnapur]]
*[[Shirdi]]
*[[Siddhatek]]
*'''Devgad''' - ''Shree Datt Mandir'' 
*'''Newasa -''' ''Pais'' ''Khamb'' ''Mandir''

==History==
Although Ahmednagar district was created as early as in 1818, modern history of Ahmednagar may be said to have commenced from 1869, the year in which parts of Nashik and Solapur which till then had comprised Nagar were separated and the present Nagar district was formed. [[Ahmednagar]] District was created after the defeat of the [[Maratha Confederacy]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] in 1818, when most of the [[Peshwa]]'s domains were annexed to [[British India]]. The district remained part of the Central division of [[Bombay Presidency]] until India's independence in 1947, when it became part of [[Bombay State]], and in 1960 the new state of Maharashtra.

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Ahmednagar one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

Ahmednagar is Maharashtra's most advanced district in many ways. It has the maximum number of sugar factories, perhaps to spread the message of “Rural Prosperity through Cooperation” it gave the country half a century ago. The first cooperative sugar factory in Asia was established at Pravanagar. A role model of water conservation work can be seen at [[Ralegan Siddhi|Ralegaon Siddhi]], which is also called the Ideal Village. Newase where [[Dnyaneshwari]] was written, Shri Saibaba's Shirdi, one of Ashtavinayaks at Siddhatek, the famous Kanifnath temple, attract devotees. The Palace of [[Chand Bibi]], the Bhandardara dam, [[Harishchandragad]] Fort, the Maldhok (Indian Bustard) sanctuary and the Rehkuri sanctuary are some of the places of tourist attraction.

==Divisions==
Ahmednagar district consists of fourteen talukas. These talukas are 
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* [[Akole taluka|Akole]]
* [[Jamkhed taluka|Jamkhed]]
* [[Karjat taluka|Karjat]]
* [[Kopargaon taluka|Kopargaon]]
* [[Nagar taluka|Nagar]]
* [[Nevasa taluka|Nevasa]]
* [[Parner taluka|Parner]]
* [[Pathardi taluka|Pathardi]]
* [[Rahata taluka|Rahata]]
* [[Rahuri taluka|Rahuri]]
* [[Sangamner taluka|Sangamner]]
* [[Shevgaon taluka|Shevgaon]]
* [[Shrigonda taluka|Shrigonda]]
* [[Shrirampur taluka|Shrirampur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tahsil Information|publisher=Ahmednagar District|url=http://www.ahmednagar.nic.in/html_docs/GEO-Main.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410171740/http://www.ahmednagar.nic.in/html_docs/GEO-Main.htm|archive-date=10 April 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=12 May 2013}}</ref>
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Ahmednagar district has twelve [[List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]], six in each of the two parliamentary constituencies.
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;For the [[Shirdi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shirdi Parliamentary Constituency]] (SC)
* #216 [[Akole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Akole]] (ST)
* #217 [[Sangamner (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sangamner]]
* #218 [[Shirdi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shirdi]]
* #219 [[Kopargaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kopergaon]]
* #220 [[Shrirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shrirampur]] (SC)
* #221 [[Nevasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Newasa]].

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* #222 [[Shevgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shevgaon]]
* #223 [[Rahuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rahuri]]
* #224 [[Parner (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Parner]]
* #225 [[Ahmednagar City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ahmednagar City]]
* #226 [[Shrigonda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shrigonda]]
* #227 [[Karjat Jamkhed (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karjat-Jamkhed]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Map of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies within Ahmednagar District|url=http://www.ahmednagar.nic.in/election/maps/Map%20Ahmednagar.jpg|access-date=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512215311/http://www.ahmednagar.nic.in/election/maps/Map%20Ahmednagar.jpg|archive-date=2013-05-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=269–270, 278|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|access-date=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=2010-10-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

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The Ahmednagar district is under proposal to be divided and a separate Sangamner district and it can be carved out of existing Ahmednagar district with the inclusion of the northern parts of Ahmednagar district which include [[Rahata]], [[Rahuri]], [[Shrirampur]], [[Sangamner]], [[Akole]], [[Kopargaon]], and [[Nevasa]] talukas in the proposed district. Sangamner is geographically at centre for ease of administration and well connected by Roads. Sangamner having its separate Vana Vibhag, Bandhakam Vibhag Office, District Court etc.

[[Ralegaon Siddhi]] is a village in the district that is considered a model of [[natural environment|environmental]] [[Conservation ethic|conservation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/renew/rallegan.htm |title=A model Indian village- Ralegaon Siddhi |access-date=2006-10-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061011121216/http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/renew/rallegan.htm| archive-date= 11 October 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,21,946|13=1911|14=9,27,795|15=1921|16=7,20,709|17=1931|18=9,71,296|19=1941|20=11,25,402|21=1951|22=14,13,446|23=1961|24=17,79,246|25=1971|26=22,73,223|27=1981|28=27,12,491|29=1991|30=33,72,935|31=2001|32=40,40,642|33=2011|34=45,43,159|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}In the 2001 India census, Ahmednagar district had a population of 4,040,642.<ref name="PF-Census-2001">{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Ahmadnagar|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/District_Master.aspx?state_code=27|access-date=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013732/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/District_Master.aspx?state_code=27|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> At that time the district was 19.89% urban.<ref name="PF-Census-2001" /> Males represented 51.55% of the population, and females 48.45%, for a sex-ratio of 940 females per thousand males in 2001.<ref name="PF-Census-2001" />

In the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Ahmednagar district recorded a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 45,43,159,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | title = District Census 2011: Ahmadnagar| year = 2011 | publisher = Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India| url =http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/360-ahmadnagar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908202416/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/360-ahmadnagar.html|archive-date=8 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Costa Rica]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Costa Rica 4,576,562 July 2011 est | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-date = 2011-09-27 | url-status = live }}</ref> or the US state of [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |title=2010 Resident Population Data 
 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau 
 |access-date=2011-09-30 
 |quote=Louisiana 4,533,372 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225031104/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |archive-date=2010-12-25 
}}</ref> This gave it a ranking of 33rd among the [[districts of India]] (out of a total of 640).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district had a population density of {{convert|266|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.43%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Ahmadnagar had a [[sex ratio]] of 934 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.22%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 12.63% and 8.63% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

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In the 2011 census, the vast majority of the population in Ahmednagar was Hindu, but there was a significant population of Muslims. Jains and Buddhists are small minorities.<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Maharashtra|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in}}</ref>

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At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 88.89% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 4.74% [[Hindi]] and 2.74% [[Urdu]] as their first language. Other languages include [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and its dialect [[Waddar language|Waddar]], as well as [[Marwari language|Marwari]].<ref name="langs">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

== Culture ==
Islam arrived in Ahmednagar during the [[Tughlaq dynasty]]. There are many Muslim monuments like salabat khan's Tomb known as chandbibi, Faria Baug, Ground Fort and many dargas (mosques), and they are found in main town and cities.

Christianity arrived in the 18th century when the British took over the area from the [[Maratha]] empire onwards. Christianity has been Ahmednagar's third-largest religion, found all over the district except in the south-west. It is called as [[Jerusalem]] of Maharashtra. There is an ancient Hume Memorial Congregational Church in the city, which was built in 1833 by WIDER CHURCH MINISTRIES OF USA later known as American Marathi Mission. In [[Ahmednagar]] Christians are a result of the American Marathi mission and the mission of the [[Church of England]]'s Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anglicanhistory.org/india/chatterton1924/14.html |title=A History of the Church of England in India, by Eyre Chatterton (1924) |publisher=Anglicanhistory.org |access-date=2012-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123134649/http://anglicanhistory.org/india/chatterton1924/14.html |archive-date=2007-11-23 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the British era Ahmednagar was part of [[Bombay presidency]]. The first [[Protestant]] Christian mission in the district was opened in 1831. Every village has one or more resident families as Christian and every village has its own church for worship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahmednagar.nic.in/gazetteer/his_modern_period.html |title=The Gazetteers Department - AHMADNAGAR |publisher=Ahmednagar.nic.in |access-date=2012-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429221048/http://www.ahmednagar.nic.in/gazetteer/his_modern_period.html |archive-date=2012-04-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ahmednagar's Christians are called [[Marathi Christians]] and a majority of them are [[Protestant]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ahmednagar.nic.in/gazetteer/people_castes.html |title=The Gazetteers Department - AHMADNAGAR |publisher=Ahmednagar.nic.in |access-date=2012-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007150511/http://ahmednagar.nic.in/gazetteer/people_castes.html |archive-date=2011-10-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[C Ramchandra]] - Music Director and Playback singer.
* [[Meher Baba]] - spiritualist, has Ashram's in Meherabad & Meherazad, Ahmednagar
* [[Balasaheb Bharde]] (1912–2006), Former Minister, former speaker of the State Legislative Assembly and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient.
* [[Anna Hazare]] - social activist
* [[Zaheer Khan]], Indian Cricketer born at Shrirampur City on 7 October 1978, who has been a Key member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. He also played for Worcestershire in County Cricket and plays for Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. He is currently the second-most successful Indian pace bowler in Test match cricket, behind Kapil Dev.
* [[B. J. Khatal-Patil]] Ex. Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra, a senior Maharashtra leader and a veteran Congressman.
* [[Indurikar Maharaj]] - comedian kirtankar, and social educator<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaikwad |first1=Anand |title=इंदुरीकर महाराजांचा वाढदिवस पंकजा मुंडे, थोरात, जानकरांनी केला 'एन्जाॅय' |url=https://www.sarkarnama.in/indurikar-maharaj-birthday-presence-political-leaders-32596 |access-date=1 January 2021 |work=Sarkar Nama |date=10 January 2019 |language=mr}}</ref>
* [[Dagdu Maruti Pawar]] (1935–1996), a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] author and poet known for his contributions to [[Dalit literature]].<ref name = kurian>{{cite book |author=Anna Kurian |title=Texts and Their Worlds I: Literatures of India - An Introduction |publisher=Foundation Books |location=Lincoln, Neb |year=2006 |isbn=81-7596-300-X }}</ref> He was born in Dhamangaon, [[Akole taluka]].
* [[Ajinkya Rahane]], Indian cricketer born at Ashvi village, Sangmner on 6 June 1988. 
* [[Balasaheb Thorat|Bhausaheb Thorat]] (12 Jan 1924-14 Mar 2010), a leader of farmers and [[Indian National Congress]] legislator. He was well known in the cooperative movement, founder of the Sangamner Cooperative Sugar Mill, and former president of the Sangamner taluka and State Cooperative Bank. He is recognized for his work in [[Sangamner taluka]] and [[Akole taluka]]. Concerned about global warming, Bhausaheb Thorat has led a campaign to plant 45 million trees every year. In the epic [[Ramayana]], the sage [[Agastya]] turned the arid [[Dandakaranya]] into a green heaven through a massive drive of tree planting. A book, ''[[The Man Who Planted Trees]],'' an allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, also inspired Bhausaheb Thorat. For this, he started the Dandakaranya Abhiyaan in June 2006 at Sangamner.<ref>* Rev. D. S. Salvi- A missionary who was involved in Farmers development work, through his charitable organization, FEADER India. He built the road connection Rahuri to Taharbad and Taharabad to Rahuri Factory so that the farmers and the shepherd community could be connected to the markets in Rahuri and Factory.
[http://www.unep.org /billiontreecampaign/CampaignNews/Dandakaranya.asp Ulhas Latkar, "Dandakaranya Movement in India: Millions of trees planted", United Nations Environment Program.] {{Webarchive|url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20090422213329/http://unep.org/ |date=2009-04-22 }}</ref>
* [[Balasaheb Vikhe Patil]] - member of parliament and a former minister, [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient
* [[Vithalrao Vikhe Patil]] - Indian industrialist, the founder of the first sugar factory in the cooperative sector in India at Loni, in [[Maharashtra]] and the founder of a group of industries and institutions composed of ''Institute of Business Management and Rural Development'',<ref name="IBMRD">{{cite web | url=http://www.ibmrd.org/ | title=IBMRD | publisher=IBMRD | date=2015 | access-date=28 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423053440/http://www.ibmrd.org/ | archive-date=2015-04-23 | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Padmashri Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation's Medical College and Hospital''<ref name="VIMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.vims.edu.in/node/6 | title=VIMS | publisher=VIMS | date=2015 | access-date=28 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502144931/http://www.vims.edu.in/node/6 | archive-date=2015-05-02 | url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Padmashri Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited'',<ref name="NIIR">{{cite web | url=http://www.npcs.in/directory/contact/187949/padmashri-dr-vitthalrao-vikhe-patil-sahakari-sakhar-karkhana-ltd.html | title=NIIR | publisher=NIIR | date=2015 | access-date=28 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045019/http://www.npcs.in/directory/contact/187949/padmashri-dr-vitthalrao-vikhe-patil-sahakari-sakhar-karkhana-ltd.html | archive-date=2016-03-04 | url-status=live }}</ref> operating under Padmashree Dr. Vithalrao Foundation. The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1961, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | archive-date=2015-10-15 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
*https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Ahmadnagar/about_ahmadnagar.html

==External links==
* [http://nagarick.blogspot.com/2007/06/travel-to-ahmednagar.html Travel to Ahmednagar] 	
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nagarick/sets/ Pictures of Ahmednagar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714033317/http://www.marathimirchi.com/marathi/categories.php?cat_id=156&page=4 Some more vintage pictures of Ahmednagar city]
* [http://ahmednagar-directory.blogspot.com Ahmednagar Directory]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Ahmednagar district
|North     = [[Nashik district]]
|Northeast = [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]]
|East      = [[Beed district]]
|Southeast = [[Osmanabad district]]
|South     = [[Solapur district]]
|Southwest = [[Pune district]]
|West      = [[Thane district]]/[[Pune district]]
|Northwest = [[Thane district]]
}}

{{Tehsils in Ahmednagar district}}
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