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District Profile · Maharashtra

Wardha

Wardha
Headquarters
13,00,774
Population
6,309 km²
Area
Nagpur
Region / Division

A cotton- and soybean-processing district built around Mahatma Gandhi's Sevagram Ashram, his base from 1936 until independence, and Vinoba Bhave's nearby Paunar Ashram. Both remain active pilgrimage sites for Gandhian thought and practice.