Nanded District

Nanded District (:नांदेड)is a of  state in central. The city of is the district headquarters.

Overview
The district has an area of 10,502 km² while according to 2001 its population is 2,876,259 of which 23.96% were urban. 

The flows through the district.

Nanded District lies in the eastern portion of region, which corresponds to  of Maharashtra. The district is bounded by, and  districts of  on the east, by  of  falls on the south, by  and  districts of  on the west, and  of Maharashtra's  region on the north. The influence of, and  can be seen on the ,  and general conduct of the people of Nanded.

History
Even though is mentioned in historical accounts since, the evidence of human habitation in this area has been found for the past 40 to 50 thousand years.

Upon reorganization of states in 1956, the district of Nanded came to comprise six s namely, , , , whereas  and  were called  (revenue head quarters). As a result of reorganization of states, Bichkunda, Jukkal villages of taluka as well as the whole of  taluka (excluding ) were merged with  of. In lieu of them, and  villages were separated from Adilabad District and made part of Nanded District again. village was combined with taluka and  came to be merged with  taluka. The best part in history of Nanded is the mention in Ramayana, as it was the place where Bharat's mother belonged. Also, the 10th and last living guru of Sikhs, Shri. Guru Gobind Singhji stayed in Nanded for a long time and from this place only he transferred the Guru title to the holy " Guru Granthsahib".

Important places: beside gurudwara, worthvisiting