Nandurbar

Nandurbar (pronunciationⓘ) is a city and a municipal council in Nandurbar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Nandurbar municipal corporation is the first municipal corporation.[1] The District Nandurbar was formed from the district Dhule on July 1, 1998.[2] Nandurbar is an administrative district in the northwest corner of (Khandesh region) of Maharashtra.[3] On 1 July 1998 Dhule was bifurcated as two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar. The district headquarters is located at Nandurbar city. The district occupies an area of 5034 km2 and has a population of 1,311,709 of which 15.45% is urban (as of 2001). Nandurbar district is bounded to the south and south-east by Dhule district, to the west and north is the state of Gujarat, to the north and north-east is the state of Madhya Pradesh. The northern boundary of the district is defined by the great Narmada river. It came into limelight during February 2006 bird flu crisis which struck many of its poultry farms. Thousand of chickens from the farms had to be killed and buried in nearby grounds to stop the virus spreading. Nandurbar district's region was part of Khandesh district until 1906, when the British government bifurcated it to form two districts West Khandesh and East Khandesh, Dhule and Jalgaon became their headquarters respectively. In October 1960 East Khandesh renamed to Jalgaon district. Somewhere in second half of 20th century, Dhule district bifurcated to form Nandurbar district with Nandurbar town as its headquarter. The district's region was part of Bombay state from 1956 to 1960.[4]