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| name =Nandura (नांदुरा)

| population_total = 4270,200 <ref>[census 2011] [http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-maharashtra.php?cityid=2740403000]</ref>

'''Nandura''' (नांदुरा) is a city [[Nagar palika|municipal council]] in the [[Buldhana district]], in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]state. ItNandura is the headquarters of Nandura taluka. and Nandura is situated on the [[National Highway 6 (India)|National Highway No. 6]] and the Mumbai-Howrah railway line. Nandura is an important city in the Buldhana district. The municipality of Nandura was established during the [[British Raj]] in 1931.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gazetteers Department - Buldhana |url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/BULDHANA/places_Nandura.html |accessdate=17 March 2010}}</ref> The place is major supplier of milk products to all nearby area.

According to 'Mahagovind Sutant' a Buddhist novel, Nandura was established in ancient time. It was capital of 'Assak' kingdom (one of the 16 ancient kingdoms (Mahajanpad) in ancient India (2600 B.C.). Nandura was called as 'Potan' at that time.

According to AineAin-e-Akbari, Nandura was an integral part of Gulshan-e-Berar in the Medieval era, beginning in the Khilji dynasty until the Mughal era. Various links to Peshwas, Peshwe or [[Peshwa]]<ref>[[Peshwa]]</ref> are also found in the history of Nandura. Nawab Amirullah Khan was one of the [[Nawabs]]<ref>[[Nawab]]</ref> in the late 1800 AD history of Nandura. It relates to [[Nizams]]<ref>[[Nizam of Hyderabad]]</ref> of [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]]<ref>[[Hyderabad Deccan railway station]]</ref> also known as Dakkan. Nandura was under jurisdiction of [[Akola]]<ref>[[Akola]]</ref> district. After August 1905, it became the part of Buldhana district.

Nandura iswas a twin city; Nandura Budruk (Greater Nandura) is separated from the original village of the same name, Nandura Khurd (Little Nandura) by the [[Dnyanganga River]], though the village is officially considered as the part of Nandura itself.actually nanduraNandura isget formextended fromby another 5 small villages named as ahamadpurAhamadpur,mahamadpur Mahamadpur,peth Peth,khudavantpur Khudavantpur, New Jigaon and rasulpurRasulpur. NanduraIt has abecome 105bigger feetcity tallwith statueJigaon Project as one of Lordthe Hanumanbigger dam so around 20 villages which are affected by this project totally depend upon this city and amaking historicalit placeas namedbigger Ambadevigadtrade hub. City get expanded towards Nimgaon in North,Wadi in west,Aamsari in east and Kolamba in South.

{{As of|20012011}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|urlname=http:"2011cen"//www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Nandura had a population of nearly 100000 (as of 2020)37469. The gender ratio of males to females was 51:49. Nandura had a literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 62%. A total of 14% of the population were under 6 years of age.

It has its borders with [[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]] tehsil in the west, [[Jalgaon Jamod]] tehsil in the north, [[Khamgaon]] and [[Shegaon]] tehsils in the east, and [[Khamgaon]] and [[Motala, Buldhana|Motala]] tehsils in the south. Nandura tehsil has an area of 462 square km and consisting of 103 villages with a population of around 1,2898,000.