Dhule district
district of Maharashtra, India
Dhule district (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪huɭeː]) is a district of Maharashtra, India. The of Dhule town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of North Maharashtra.
The Dhule district previously comprised tracts of land predominantly inhabited by tribal populations. It was then bifurcated on 1 July 1998 into two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar, the latter comprising the tribal region. Agriculture remains the basic profession in this district. As most parts of the district do not have irrigation infrastructure, cultivation heavily depends on regular monsoons and rainwater. Apart from wheat, bajra, jowar, jwari, or onion, the most favoured commercial crop is cotton. The majority of the rural population speaks Ahirani (a dialect of Marathi), though Marathi is more widely spoken in urban areas. Around 26.11% of the district's population reside in urban areas.
The public source identifies “Dhule district” as district of Maharashtra, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dhule, district and Maharashtra.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1797383. VIAF identifies the subject as 123327143. The Library of Congress control number is n97073540. Authority coordinates are 20.903, 74.775. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998.
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