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officer appointed by the
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Maharashtra, India
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Official website of the
Amravati Divisional Commissioner
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Historical
Dictionary of the British Empire, Vol. 1.
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861:"C -1 POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY - 2011"
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42:Location of Amravati Division in Maharashtra
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826:Olson, James S. and Robert Shadle, eds.
537:Area under irrigation: 2,582.02 km
378:46,090 km (17,800 sq mi)
360: • All MP's Amravati Division
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911:"Divisional Commissionerate, Amravati"
893:"Divisional Commissionerate, Amravati"
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345:Mr. Shanmugarajan S. IAS
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399:63/km (160/sq mi)
281:Ms. Pavneet Kaur (IAS)
255:Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar
1066:Maharashtrian cuisine
624:Melghat Tiger Reserve
409: • Official
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1651:Berar-related topics
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500:Area: 46,090 km
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396: • Density
297:Ms. Nima Arora (IAS)
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1725:Narnala Fort
1612:Portal:India
1503:Ichalkaranji
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1796:Maharashtra
1669:Berar Subah
1581:Legislature
1455:Navi Mumbai
1445:Vasai-Virar
976:Maharashtra
642:As per the
634:districts.
546:meter gauge
542:broad gauge
506:Districts:
141:Maharashtra
104: /
1847:Categories
1735:Akola Fort
1720:Mahur Fort
1568:Government
1558:Ulhasnagar
1493:Chandrapur
1473:Ahmednagar
1450:Aurangabad
1330:Ahmednagar
1297:Gadchiroli
1292:Chandrapur
1239:Aurangabad
1211:Sindhudurg
1109:Marathwada
815:References
540:Railways:
486:Marathwada
383:Population
147:Government
92:77°45′00″E
89:20°55′00″N
1751:Ellichpur
1345:Nandurbar
1244:Osmanabad
1206:Ratnagiri
1131:Districts
1021:Geography
986:Capital:
765:districts
674:, 13.37%
670:, 13.45%
650:Languages
608:in 1960.
482:Telangana
460:state in
420:Time zone
404:Languages
391:2,888,445
1868:Vidarbha
1543:Parbhani
1523:Malegaon
1513:Kolhapur
1488:Bhiwandi
1483:Amravati
1368:Kolhapur
1287:Bhandara
1269:Parbhani
1168:Yavatmal
1158:Buldhana
1153:Amravati
1114:Vidarbha
1094:Khandesh
798:See also
787:Yavatmal
782:Buldhana
777:Amravati
718:(13.37%)
716:Buddhism
708:(13.45%)
698:(72.12%)
696:Hinduism
678:, 0.19%
676:Buddhism
668:Hinduism
658:Religion
628:Amravati
616:Vidarbha
530:Amravati
524:Yavatmal
516:Buldhana
512:Amravati
488:region (
470:Vidarbha
425:UTC+5:30
1756:Balapur
1657:History
1553:Solapur
1508:Jalgaon
1388:Solapur
1340:Jalgaon
1249:Hingoli
1196:Palghar
1081:Regions
1046:Culture
1031:Tourism
1026:Economy
1016:History
728:(0.19%)
606:Gujarat
575:British
567:Maratha
413:Marathi
117:Country
1771:Mehkar
1766:Washim
1761:Mahur
1744:Cities
1596:Police
1548:Sangli
1538:Panvel
1533:Nanded
1435:Nashik
1420:Nagpur
1410:Mumbai
1383:Satara
1378:Sangli
1350:Nashik
1312:Wardha
1307:Nagpur
1302:Gondia
1264:Nanded
1201:Raigad
1186:Mumbai
1163:Washim
1099:Konkan
1071:Sports
1008:Topics
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989:Mumbai
792:Washim
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571:Nagpur
520:Washim
466:Nagpur
454:Varhad
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67:Varhad
25:Varhad
1863:Berar
1800:India
1790:This
1708:Forts
1518:Latur
1498:Dhule
1478:Akola
1425:Thane
1335:Dhule
1259:Latur
1254:Jalna
1216:Thane
1148:Akola
972:State
772:Akola
706:Islam
672:Islam
632:Akola
563:Berar
508:Akola
462:India
442:IN-MH
136:State
129:India
1804:stub
1415:Pune
1373:Pune
1234:Beed
1089:Desh
630:and
370:Area
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