Districts of IndiaPopulation in context
With 12,00,334 people in 2011, Bhandara ranks 32nd among the 36 districts of Maharashtra for which we have a 2011 figure. The most populous is Thane (1,10,60,148) and the least populous is Sindhudurg (8,49,651).
District boundaries change. If Bhandara has been divided or redrawn since 2011, the figure is for the district as it was then.
Nearby districts
Straight-line distance from the map point of Bhandara to the map points of the nearest districts. Road distances are longer.
- Gondia: about 35 km
- Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh): about 95 km
- Nagpur: about 95 km
- Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chouki (Chhattisgarh): about 100 km
- Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai (Chhattisgarh): about 105 km
- Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh): about 110 km
All 36 districts of Maharashtra
Questions people ask
Which state is Bhandara district in?
Bhandara district is in Maharashtra, India.
What is the headquarters of Bhandara district?
The headquarters of Bhandara district is Bhandara, as recorded on Wikidata.
What is the population of Bhandara district?
Bhandara district had a population of 12,00,334 at the 2011 census, as recorded on Wikidata. A newer census figure is not yet available.
About these facts. The list of districts is the official one from iGOD, the Government of India web directory, as on 11 November 2026. Headquarters, 2011 population, area and other details are from Wikidata, an open database edited by volunteers, read on 11 November 2026. They can contain mistakes. For anything important, check the district's official website. This is not a government site.