Khandesh

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Khandesh
Region
Panoramic view of Purna river near Muktainagar
Blue: Khandesh in Maharashtra Light Blue: Khandesh in Madhya Pradesh (Burhanpur)
Country	India
State	Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh [citation needed]
Districts	1] Jalgaon 2] Dhule 3] Nandurbar 4] Burhanpur
Largest City	Jalgaon
Languages	Marathi, Khandeshi
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Demonym	Khandeshi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Khandesh is a geographic region in Maharashtra, India. It was made up of present Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts.^[1] It also said that Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh was also its part.^{[2][dubious – discuss]}

The region have seen many geographical changes, in 1906 its eponymous district was bifurcated to form two new districts that is West Khandesh, East Khandesh district; Dhule and Jalgaon are their headquarters respectively. In 1990s West Khandesh further divided to form a new, district Nandurbar.^[1]

The use of the Khandeshi language is prevalent in this region, and the language itself derives its name from the name of the region. This language is sometimes considered as a dialect of Marathi due to its mutual intelligibility with it, and hence has lower numbers in the census due to people opting their language as Marathi instead.^{[original research?]} This region is famous for banana agriculture and is a leading producer of it.^[3]