States or Territories

Maharashtra

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Maharashtra." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/maharashtra.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Maharashtra. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/maharashtra

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-maharashtra,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Maharashtra},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/maharashtra},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India, occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, and Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north. Its capital is Mumbai, with Nagpur serving as the state's winter capital; an estimated 2025 population of 128,659,000 was recorded across an area of 307,713 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Mumbai 1

Population

128,659,000 1

Nagpur serves as the state's winter (second) capital, per Maharashtra's own Wikipedia infobox; the capital-of edge to Nagpur is written in the companion _02_capital_edges.sql file per EntityRequest 652. Population figure is a 2025 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Area (sq km)

307,713 1

Latitude

18.97 degrees north 1

Longitude

72.82 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

India

Maharashtra is a state of India.

Source Maharashtra (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Nagpur

Nagpur is the capital of Maharashtra.

Source Nagpur (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Asia

Maharashtra's own infobox names India as its country (checked live this session); India is on-continent Asia (its own live edge, content.EntityRelationship, checked this session), so Maharashtra is on-continent Asia.

Source Maharashtra (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Maharashtra (Wikipedia)

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