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Dhule District is a district of Maharashtra state in central India. The Dhule district is the northern tip of Maharashtra. The city of Dhule is the administrative headquarter of the district. The Dhule district previously comprised of tracts of land predominantly inhabited by tribal population. The Dhule district was then bifurcated on 1st of July 1998 into two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar, the later comprising the tribal region. Dhule district is further divided into four talukas for administrative purpose namely dhule, sakri, sindkheda, and shirpur. Agriculture remains the basic profession of the population in this district. Most parts of the district are not under irrigation and thus cultivation heavily depends on regular Monsoon or rain water. Apart from wheat, bajra, jowar or jwari, onion the most favored commercial crop is cotton. Majority of the population in the rural area speaks Ahirani (a dialect of Marathi) language, however Marathi is more widely spoken in the urban areas. Around 26.11% population of Dhule district resides in urban area [1]. The Dhule District is a part of Maharashtra's historical region of Khandesh. Although for administrative purpose it is now clubbed to Nashik Division.
| Area |
8,061 km2 |
| Population |
1,707,947 (2001) |
| Population density |
212/km² (2001) |
| Literacy |
62% (2001) |
| Urbanization |
26.11% (2001) |
