Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli is a district in the State of Maharashtra in India. It lies between 18.43 to 21.50 degree North Latitudes and 79.45 to 80.53 degree East Latitudes. The District Head-quarter is situated at Gadchiroli.The adjoining districts to Gadchiroli are Durg, Rajnandgaon of newly created Chhattisgarh State on the east, Chandrapur on the west, Bhandara on the north and Karim Nagar, Adilabad of Andra Pradesh & Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh State) on the South. The district is surrounded on West, South and East by the Wainganga, Godawari and Indrawati rivers respectively.
Geographical Area of the District is 14412 Sq Km.
Total population of the district is 9,70,294.
The district is divided into three Sub-Divisions i.e. Gadchiroli, Aheri and Desaiganj respectively and each sub-division has four talukas. There are 467 Gram Panchayats and 1688 Revenue Villages in this district.
Basically, the district is distributed into 12 talukas and 12 Panchayat Samitis. Only, two Municipaltis exist in the district i.e. at Gadchiroli and Wadsa.
History
Gadchiroli district was carved out on the 26th of August 1982 by the division of erstwhile Chandrapur district. Earlier, it was a part of Chandrapur District and only two places namely Gadchiroli and Sironcha were tahsils of Chandrapur District before the formation of Gadchiroli District.Politics
Assembly constituencies and their extent after delimitation order of 200867 Armori Vidhan Sabha Constituency (ST) - 1. Desaiganj (Wadsa) Tehsil, 2. Armori Tehsil, 3. Kurkheda Tehsil, 4. Korchi Tehsil 5. Dhanora Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Murumgaon.
68 Gadchiroli Vidhan Sabha Constituency (ST) - 1. Gadchiroli Tehsil, 2. Chamorshi Tehsil 3. Dhanora Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Dhanora and Chatgaon.
69 Aheri Vidhan Sabha Constituency (ST) - 1. Aheri Tehsil, 2. Mulchera Tehsil, 3. Etapalli Tehsil, 4. Bhamragad Tehsil 5. Sironcha Tehsil.