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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Buldhana}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Buldhana district
| settlement_type = District
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Buldhana in Maharashtra (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Buldhana district in Maharashtra
| coordinates = {{coord|20.5|76.15|region:IN|display=title,inline}}
| coor_pinpoint = Buldhana
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Amravati Division]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Buldhana]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. [[Buldhana]], 2. [[Chikhli, Maharashtra|Chikhli]], 3. [[Deulgaon Raja]], 4. [[Khamgaon]], 5. [[Shegaon]], 6. [[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]], 7. [[Motala, Buldhana|Motala]], 8. [[Nandura]], 9. [[Mehkar]], 10. [[Lonar]], 11. [[Sindkhed Raja]], 12. [[Jalgaon Jamod]], 13. [[Sangrampur, Maharashtra|Sangrampur]]
| area_total_km2 = 9661
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,586,258
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 82.09%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 928
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Buldhana]], [[Raver (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raver]] (MH-4)( shared with [[Jalgaon district]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Constituencies - Maharashtra |url=http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ecipdf/state_pc_Map/Maharashtra.pdf |access-date=26 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306045236/http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ecipdf/state_pc_Map/Maharashtra.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2009 }}</ref>
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Buldhana]], [[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]], [[Chikhli, Maharashtra|Chikhli]], [[Sindkhed Raja]], [[Mehkar]], [[Khamgaon]], [[Jalgaon Jamod]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 6 (India)|NH-6]]<br/> NH-753A
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 946 mm
| website = {{URL|http://buldhana.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
| image_skyline = Temple of Daitya Sudana-Buldhana district-Maharstra-DSC008.jpg
| image_caption = Temple of Daitya Sudana
}}
'''Buldhana district''' is located in the [[Amravati division]] of [[Maharashtra]], India .
The name of the district is probably derived from ''Bhil Thana'' (place of [[Bhil]]s, a tribal group).<ref name="Gazet">{{Cite book|title=Central Provinces Districts Gazetteers - Buldana District 1910}}</ref> It is situated at the western border of [[Vidarbha]] region and is 500 km away from the state capital, [[Mumbai]]. The district has towns and cities like Shegaon, Jalgaon Jamod, Malkapur, Khamgaon, Lonar, Mehkar, and Chikhli. It is surrounded by [[Madhya Pradesh]] in the north, [[Akola district|Akola]], [[Washim district|Washim]], and [[Amravati district|Amravati]] districts on the east, [[Jalna district]] on the south, and [[Jalgaon district|Jalgaon]] and [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] districts on the west. Latitudes are 19.51° to 21.17° N and longitudes are 75.57° to 76.59° E. Bounded on the north by Madhya Pradesh state, to the east by Akola and [[Washim district|Washim]], to the south by [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]] and Jalna districts, and to the west by Jalna and Jalgaon districts.

Buldhana holds religious significance as it is the site of the Shri Gajanan Maharaj temple, [[Shegaon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shree's Samadhi Mandir |publisher=Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan |location=[[Shegaon]], Maharashtra, India |url=http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/samadhimandir.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210103706/http://gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/samadhimandir.htm |archive-date=10 February 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Fifth Diwan of [[Baroda State]] of [[Gaekwad dynasty|Gaekwad Dynasty]] Balwant Rao Bhicaji Rahurakar – (1872–72) (4 months) hails from Rahud Village in Khamgaon.

==History==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,17,990|13=1911|14=6,73,698|15=1921|16=7,03,643|17=1931|18=7,66,584|19=1941|20=8,20,862|21=1951|22=8,70,168|23=1961|24=10,59,698|25=1971|26=12,62,978|27=1981|28=15,08,777|29=1991|30=18,86,299|31=2001|32=22,32,480|33=2011|34=25,86,258|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}}Buldhana, along with the rest of [[Berar Province]], was part of the [[Vidarbha]] kingdom mentioned in the [[Mahabharata]], a [[Sanskrit]] epic poem. Berar formed a part of the [[Maurya Empire]] during the reign of [[Ashoka]] (272–231 BCE). Berar came under the rule of the [[Satavahana dynasty]] (2nd century BCE–2nd century CE), the [[Vakataka dynasty]] (3rd to 6th centuries), the [[Chalukya dynasty]] (6th to 8th centuries), the [[Rashtrakuta Dynasty]] (8th to 10th centuries), the Chalukyas again (10th to 12th centuries), and finally the [[Yadava dynasty]] of [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Devagiri]] (late 12th to early 14th centuries).

A period of Muslim rule began when [[Alauddin Khalji]], the [[Delhi Sultanate|Sultan of Delhi]] conquered the region in the early 14th century. The region was part of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]], which broke away from the Delhi Sultanate in the mid-14th century. The Bahmani Sultanate broke up into smaller sultanates at the end of the 15th century. In 1572, Berar became part of the [[Nizam Shahi]] sultanate, based at [[Ahmednagar]]. The Nizam Shahis ceded Berar to the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1595. As Mughal rule started to unravel at the start of the 18th century, [[Asaf Jah I]], the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], seized the southern provinces of the empire in 1724, forming an independent state. Berar was a part of the independent state.

In 1853, the whole district came under the administration of the [[British East India Company]]. Berar was divided into East and West Berar with Buldhana district being included in West Berar. In 1903, Berar was leased by the Nizam of Hyderabad to the [[British Raj|British Government of India]]. Thus, Berar became part of [[Central Provinces]]. In 1950, it became part of [[Madhya Pradesh]] with Nagpur as its capital. In 1956, along with other Marathi-speaking regions of Vidarbha, it became part of the newly formed state [[Maharashtra]] in 1960.

The name of the district is probably derived from ''Bhil Thana'' (place of [[Bhil]]s, a tribal group).<ref name="Gazet">{{Cite book|title=Central Provinces Districts Gazetteers - Buldana District 1910}}</ref>

==Administration==

===Sub-Divisions===
The district has six revenue sub-divisions headed by a Sub Divisional Officer (SDO): [[Buldhana]], [[Mehkar]], [[Khamgaon]], [[Malkapur, Buldhana district|Malkapur]], [[Jalgaon Jamod|Jalgaon-Jamod]] and [[Sindkhed Raja|Sindkhedraja]].

===Tehsils===
As of 2010, the district of Buldhana comprises thirteen [[talukas]] (tehsils): [[Buldhana]], [[Chikhli, Maharashtra|Chikhli]], [[Deulgaon Raja]], [[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]], [[Motala, Buldhana|Motala]], [[Nandura]], [[Mehkar]], [[Sindkhed Raja]], [[Lonar]], [[Khamgaon]], [[Shegaon]], [[Jalgaon Jamod]], and [[Sangrampur, India|Sangrampur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://buldhana.nic.in/ |language=marathi |trans-title=Buldhana district |title=बुलढाणा जिल्हा |website=Buldhana.nic.in |access-date=2016-02-27 |archive-date=7 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207235846/http://buldhana.nic.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Agriculture===
The district superintending agriculture officer comes under the Divisional Joint Director of Amravati Division. There are three sub-divisions at Buldhana, Khamgaon, and Mehkar with a taluka agriculture officer posted at each taluka.

There are multiple circles under each taluka. They are Dhad, [[Shelapur]], Dhamangaon, Motala, Shelsur, [[Amdapur]], Chikhli, [[Dharangaon, Buldhana|Dharangaon]], Malkapur, [[Janephal]], Mehkar, [[Bibi, Buldhana|Bibi]], Lonar, [[Sakharkherda]], [[Sindkhed Raja]], [[Mera, Buldhana|Mera Khurd]], [[Deulgaon Mahi]], [[Deulgaon Raja]], [[Ganeshpur, Buldhana|Ganeshpur]], [[Pimpalgaon Raja]] (Khamgaon), [[Nandura]], [[Shegaon]], Jalgaon Jamod, [[Warwat Khanderao]], and Sangrampur.<ref>{{cite web|title = Agri Circles - Buldhana |url=http://agri.mah.nic.in/agri/Asp/circleoffice.asp |access-date=19 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224203948/http://agri.mah.nic.in/agri/Asp/CircleOffice.asp |archive-date=24 February 2008 }}</ref>

===Police===
The district has six police subdivisions and thirty-three police stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mahapolice.gov.in/mahapolice/jsp/temp/Buldhanapolice.jsp |title=Welcome to MPD, INDIA |website=Mahapolice.gov.in |access-date=2016-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211430/http://mahapolice.gov.in/mahapolice/jsp/temp/Buldhanapolice.jsp |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Electricity===
The distribution of electricity comes under [[Akola]] Zone and Buldhana Circle with Buldhana, Khamgaon, and Malkapur Divisions. Each subdivision caters to more nearby talukas and has 33KV distribution substations under them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mahadiscom.in/diary/shtm/amrawati_buldhanaindex.shtm |title=Contact Your Nearest Office |website=Mahadiscom.in |date=2007-10-08 |access-date=2016-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190750/http://www.mahadiscom.in/diary/shtm/amrawati_buldhanaindex.shtm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Irrigation===
The district comes under Buldhana Irrigation Project Circle along with Akola and Washim district. The circle comes under Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation, [[Nagpur]]. It has its Major Project division at Shegaon, Kadakpurna at Deulgaon Raja, Mun Project division at Khamgaon, and Minor Irrigation Division at Chikhli and Akola.<ref>[https://archive.is/20131105074930/http://vidcngp.com/Organisation/phone.htm]</ref>{{dead link|date=January 2021}}

The completed irrigation projects are the [[Nalganga Dam]] project in Motala and a major project in [[Vaan River|Vaan]] having one-fourth of the benefit accrue to [[Akola district]]. Many further irrigation projects are under way or are in the planning stages.<ref>{{cite web |title = Government Of Maharashtra - Irrigation Department |url=http://ceamt.vidcngp.com/cir/Bipc-4.htm |access-date=18 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831051156/http://ceamt.vidcngp.com/cir/Bipc-4.htm |archive-date=31 August 2005 }}</ref>

===Public Works Department===
The district comes under Amravati Public Works Region and Akola Public Works Circle. It has one Public Works division at Buldhana with subdivision at Buldhana, Chikhli, Mehkar, and Deulgaon Raja; and a second, Khamgaon division, with subdivisions at Khamgaon, Jalgaon Jamod, and Malkapur; plus the Buldhana District Mechanical Subdivision.

There are Road Project subdivisions at Buldhana and Khamgaon under the Road Project Division of Akola. There is a separate Zilla Parishad Works Division at Buldhana with subdivisions at Buldhana, Kahmgaon, Mehkar, and Malkapur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahapwd.com/organisationstructure/Default.htm |title=Organisation Structure |website=Mahapwd.com |access-date=2016-02-27}}</ref> The department manages Government Rest houses at Buldhana, Khamgaon, Shegaon, Malkapur, Motala, Jalgaon Jamod, Sangrampur, Chikhli, Amdapur, Lavhala (Mehkar), Mehkar, Dongaon, Deulgaon Raja, [[Deulgaon Mahi]], Sindkhed Raja, Lonar, and Nandura.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahapwd.com/resthouse/amr.htm#Buldhana |title=RestHouse |website=Mahapwd.com |access-date=2016-02-27}}</ref>

===Politics===
The district contributes one seat to the [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House), namely [[Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. [[Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav]] of Shiv Sena is the current Member of Parliament from Buldhana.

The district has seven seats in the Maharashtra State legislature assembly: Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon, and Jalgaon Jamod. The seventh seat at [[Malkapur, Buldana|Malkapur]] is part of [[Raver (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[Jalgaon district]].

==Demographics==
[[File:Top 20 most poulated places Buldana district 1901.png|500px|right|Top 20 most populated places Buldana district 1901 (click to enlarge).]]
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Buldhana district has a population of 2,586,258,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<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 = Kuwait 2,595,62}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<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=Nevada, 2,700,551 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2011-01-01 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 159th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 268 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.93%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Buldana has a [[sex ratio]] of 928 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 82.09%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{clear}}

===Tehsilwise Religious Population Percentage===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Buldhana District (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Population by religion community - 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|color1 = Orange
|value1 = 71.35
|label2 = [[Buddhism]]
|color2 = Blue
|value2 = 14.10
|label3 = [[Islam]]
|color3 = Green
|value3 = 13.70
|label4 = [[Jainism]]
|color4 = yellow
|value4 = 0.47
|label5 = [[Christianity]]
|color5 = DodgerBlue
|value5 = 0.13
|label6 = [[Sikhism]]
|color6 = Red
|value6 = 0.06
|label7 = Other Religions
|color7 = Black
|value7 = 0.02
|label8 = [[Irreligion]]|color8 = Gray
|value8 = 0.17
}}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Tehsil Name !! [[Hinduism|Hindu]] !![[Buddhism|Buddhist]]!![[Islam|Muslim]]!![[Jainism|Jain]]!![[Christianity|Christian]]!! [[Sikhism|Sikh]] !! Other !! [[Irreligion|Atheist]]
|-
| [[Buldhana]] || 68.91 || 13.10 || 16.99 || 0.59 || 0.26 || 0.05 || 0.02 || 0.09
|-
| [[Shegaon]] || 69.63 || 16.80 || 13.08 || 0.24 || 0.09 || 0.02 || 0.01 || 0.09
|-
| [[Khamgaon]] || 65.92 || 16.40 || 16.50 || 0.71 || 0.17 || 0.17 || 0.005 || 0.10
|-
| [[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]] || 67.85 || 10.60 || 20.14 || 0.98 || 0.12 || 0.03 || 0.01 || 0.30
|-
| [[Nandura]] || 70.46 || 13.90 || 15.12 || 0.24 || 0.06 || 0.03 || 0.01 || 0.12
|-
| [[Jalgaon Jamod]] || 75.24 || 10.70 || 13.37 || 0.15 || 0.16 || 0.04 || 0.01 || 0.29
|-
| [[Sangrampur, Maharashtra|Sangrampur]] || 75.02 || 12.5 || 11.93 || 0.007 || 0.05 || 0.19 || 0.09 || 0.18
|-
| [[Motala]] || 73.17 || 13.10 || 13.17 || 0.21 || 0.05 || 0.01 || 0.03 || 0.18
|-
| [[Mehkar]] || 75.00 || 15.00 || 09.15 || 0.45 || 0.10 || 0.05 || 0.008 || 0.20
|-
| [[Chikhli, Maharashtra|Chikhli]] || 70.82 || 15.00 || 13.53 || 0.37 || 0.15 || 0.01 || 0.01 || 0.10
|-
| [[Deulgaon Raja]] || 73.33 || 14.70 || 10.54 || 1.04 || 0.19 || 0.06 || 0.007 || 0.16
|-
| [[Sindkhed Raja]] || 74.65 || 16.80 || 7.94 || 0.22 || 0.12 || 0.04 || 0.02 || 0.22
|-
| [[Lonar]] || 77.70 || 11.60 || 9.57 || 0.68 || 0.08 || 0.04 || 0.001 || 0.27
|}<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Population by religion community - 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 78.67% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 10.99% [[Urdu]], 4.41% [[Hindi]] and 1.7% [[Lambadi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Residents of Buldhana communicate in [[Marathi language]]. [[Nihali language]], a [[language isolate]] of India, is spoken by some 2,000 people (1991) in the Buldana district of Maharashtra. Apart from the commonly used [[Varhadi]], a dialect of [[Marathi language]] used in the district includes [[Andh language|Andh]], an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language spoken by 100,000 people.<ref name='ethnoamri'>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Andh: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=anr | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2010| publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> [[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]] are also spoken in the region.

==Geography==
===Rivers===
The district lies in the [[Tapti River|Tapi River]] and [[Godavari River]] basins. [[Purna River (tributary of Tapti)|Purna River]] is a tributary of the Tapi River. Nalganga river is a tributary of Purna river. The Penganga and Khadakpurna rivers are tributaries of [[Godavari River]].

Here are the rivers in the district, with their [[tributary|tributaries]].
{{colbegin}}
* [[Purna River (tributary of Tapti)|Purna River]]
** [[Vaan River]]
** [[Mann River (Maharashtra)|Mann River]]
** [[Utawali River]]
** [[Nipani River]]
** [[Mas River]]
** [[Bordi River]]
** [[Dnyanganga River]]
** [[Vishwaganga River]]
** [[Nalganga River]]
* [[Painganga River]]
* [[Kadakpurna River|Khadakpurna River]]
* [[Dhamana River]]
* [[Koradi River]]
* [[Jamvani peth]]
* [[Tapi River, India|Tapi River]]
{{colend}}

==Transport==
Buses, jeeps, two-wheelers, and railways are the common modes of transport.

===Road===
[[File:Buldhana road by Hrushikesh Kulkarni.jpg|right|thumb|The state highway joining two cities Malkapur and Buldhana via Motala. The road curves in a ghat near Buldhana.]]
[[National Highway 6 (India)(old numbering)|National Highway 6]] passes through Khamgaon, Nandura, and Malkapur towns in the district and Aurangabad Buldana National Highway 753A . There are many [[Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation]] bus stands in all towns of the district. There are State Transport bus depots at Buldhana, Malkapur, Chikhli, Mehkar, Khamgaon, Shegaon, and Jalgaon-Jamod.

Vehicles from Nagpur, Amravati, and Akola pass through Khamgaon, Chikhli, Deulgaonraja while going towards Jalna, Aurangabad, and Pune.Regular State Transport buses are available from any Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Bus Stand.
National Highway 6 passes through Khamgaon, Nandura, and Malkapur Talukas in Buldhana District.

===Rail===
[[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]], [[Nandura]], and [[Shegaon]] railway stations fall under the [[Bhusawal]]-[[Badnera]] Section of Bhusawal Division of the [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway]]. The nearest railway station is at Malkapur which is 45 km from District Headquarters. Malkapur, Shegaon, Nandura railway stations come under Bhusawal Division of Central Railway. Bhusawal (101 km) and Akola (102 km) are also the nearest railway junctions from the District headquarters. There is a branch line from Jalamb to Khamgaon. The main line was originally under the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and the branch line between Jalamb and Khamgaon was under the [[Khamgaon State Railway]].

The railway stations in the district, with their codes, are [[Khamkhed]] (KMKD), Malkapur (MKU), [[Wadoda]] (WDD), [[Biswa Bridge]] (BIS), Nandura (NN), [[Kumgaon Burti]] (KJL), [[Jalamb Junction]] (JM), Khamgaon (KMN), Shegaon (SEG), and [[Shrikshetra Nagzari]] (NGZ).

A computerized railway reservation facility is available at Buldhana, Malkapur, and Shegaon, while manual reservation facility is available at city booking office, Khamgaon, Nandura, and Jalamb Junction.

===Airport===
The nearest airport is at [Akola which is not functioning] which is 102 km from district headquarters.
the nearest airport is at Aurangabad is at 145 km.

==Economy==
[[Cotton]], [[sorghum]] and other cereals, oilseeds, soybean, sunflower, and groundnuts are the predominant crops grown in the district.

Khamgaon and Malkapur are the major cotton trading towns in the district. The district has many minor and medium size irrigation projects. The important ones are Nalganga and Vaan. There are thirteen Agriculture Produce Market Committees-Main Market, one in each tehsil, and there are twenty sub-markets in the districts.<ref>{{cite web |title= Agriculture Produce Market Committee - Amaravati Division: Buldhana District |url=http://www.msamb.com/english/apmc/apmcs/buldhana.htm |access-date=1 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105140245/http://www.msamb.com/english/apmc/apmcs/buldhana.htm |archive-date=5 November 2007 }}</ref>

The Indian Council for Agriculture research funded a farm science centre [[Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jalgaon Jamod]] in the district in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distribution of KVKs in different States by Host Organization |url=http://dare.nic.in/KVKList.htm#Maharashtra%20(23) |access-date=24 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412133701/http://dare.nic.in/KVKList.htm |archive-date=12 April 2010 }}</ref>

The district has major industrial areas at Khamgoan and Malkapur and has smaller industrial areas at Chikhli, Buldhana, Dasarkhed, Deoulgaonraja, Mehkar, Sangrampur, and Lonar.

==Culture==
There is a fair called ''Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami'' at Shegaon on [[Rama Navami]] in [[Chaitra]] (March or April) each year.

Common folk arts are [[Bhajan]] (devotional singing), [[Kirtan]] (devotional chanting with musical instruments), and Gondhal (a complex art form involving ritual acts, dances, songs, and poems).

Youth Hostel Buldhana is one of two youth hostels in [[Maharashtra]] and is located near Zilla Krida Sankulan with a 50-bed dormitory and five double rooms.

==Places of interest==

===Lonar lake===
{{main|Lonar crater lake}}
'''Lonar crater lake''' is located in Buldhana district. It is the second largest impact crater in basaltic rock in the world. It was formed 60,000 years ago by a meteor impact. The [[pH]] of the water is about 11 (extremely alkaline). Lonar Crater has very different flora and fauna in its vicinity.

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===Sant Gajanan Maharaj Temple===
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'''Gajanan Maharaj''' from [[Shegaon]], was a saint from India. "Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan", a body of 12 trustees was formed on 12 September 1908 to commemorate the holy place which the saint had hinted about, for ''Samadhi''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/aboutsanstha.htm|title=About Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan}}</ref> Later, a temple was built around his Samadhi/tomb.

This temple has a tourist attraction called "[[Shegaon#Anand Sagar|Anand Sagar]]", an [[Indian rupee|INR]] 3 billion project.<ref>https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/treasures/temple/sant-gajanan-maharaj-shegoan</ref> It is maintained by the Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan. It surrounds a big artificial lake. It has a meditation center, an aquarium, temples, playgrounds, lawns and open theatre where [[Musical fountain|fountain-show]] is conducted for entertainment. It has been decorated with artifacts and carvings. An amusement park has also started with a toy train encircling the entire place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/anandsagarenglish |title=Anand Sagar |access-date=7 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502012350/http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/anandsagarenglish/ |archive-date=2 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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===Sindkhed Raja===
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'''Sindkhed Raja''' is birthplace of Veer Mata [[Jijabai]], mother of Chhatrapati [[Shivaji]], the town still has the palace and tomb of [[Lakhuji RajeJadhav]], father of Jijabai.lakhuji jadhav fatjar.

===Pentakali Dam===
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* '''Pentakali Dam''' is an earthfill dam on [[Painganga River]] near [[Mehkar]], Buldhana district. It is located at 53 km from Buldhana and 21 km from Mehkar.

===Other===
* [[Hemadpanthi]] temples are located at Mehkar-Sonati, Sindhkhed Raja (Nilkantheshwar)
* [[Nalganga Dam]] in Malkapur.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.buldanadarshan.com Buldhana district website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060326063611/http://www.mumbainet.com/cityinfo/buldhana.htm Buldhana district map]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki Lonar_Lake Lonar crater]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008230351/http://www.anuradhaengg.org/ Anuradha College of Engineering]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928132007/http://www.jnvbuldana.org/ Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Shegaon]
* [http://www.kvkbuldhana.org/ Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jalgaon Jamod] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217110323/http://kvkbuldhana.org/ |date=17 December 2014 }}
* [http://www.vivekanandashram.com/, Vivekanand Ashram, Hiwara Ashram, Tq. Mehkar]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://buldhana.nic.in/ District official website]

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Buldhana district - Revision history

>Niceguyedc at 22:37, 5 July 2021