Gadchiroli district

Gadchiroli District is an administrative in,. The town of is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Gadchiroli District is situated in the southeastern corner of Maharashtra, and is bounded by to the west,  to the north,  state to the east, and  state to the south and southwest. Gadchiroli District was created on, by the separation of Gadchiroli and Sironcha s from.

Demography
As per the 2001 Census of India, the population of the district is 970,294 of which 6.93% were urban. Male and female population is 4,91,101 and 4,79,193 respectively. Scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population in the district is 1,08,824 and 3,71,696. The literacy rate of district is 60.1%. The tribal community population that resides in the district is 38.3 %.

Seven languages are spoken in the district ie, Gondi, Madiya, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Chattisgadi.

Geography
The main river basin of the district is the, which flows west to east and forms the southern boundary of the district. The major tributaries of the Godavari are the and the, which is in turn formed by the confluence of the  and the  near Chaprala village of  Taluka.

,, Aheri and Sironcha talukas in the eastern part of the district are covered by forest. Hills are found in, Tipagad, Palasgad and Surjagad area.

Economy
The district is categoried as a tribal and undeveloped district and most of the land is covered with forest and hills. Forests cover more than 79.36 % of the geographical area of the district. This district is famous for and Tendu leaves. is the main agricultural product of the district. The agriculture products of the district are Jowar, Linseed, Tur, and wheat. The Main profession of the people is farming.

There is no large scale Industry in the district except the paper mill at Ashti in Taluka, and the paper pulp factory at Desaiganj. There are many rice mills in the district. The Tussar centre is in  Taluka. Only, 18.5 kilometers of lines pass through the district.

The district is well known for activities; Naxalites (People's War Group) have taken shelter in the dense forests and hills of this district.

Divisions
The district is divided into three sub-divisions, Gadchiroli, and  which are further divided into 12 talukas. Each sub-division has four talukas. Gadchiroli sub-division consists Gadchiroli,, and  talukas, Aheri sub-division consists Aheri, ,  and  talukas and Desaiganj (Wadsa) sub-division consists Wadsa, ,  and  talukas. There are 467 Gram Panchayats and 1688 Revenue Villages. The district has 12 Panchayat Samitis. Only two municipalities, Gadchiroli and Wadsa (Desaiganj) exist in the district.

The district has three Legislative Assembly constituencies, Gadchiroli, and. While Armori (ST) constituency is part of Chimur Lok Sabha constituency, Gadchiroli (ST) and Sironcha (ST) are part of Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency.