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CAPITAL : MUMBAI
One of the largest states of India, Maharashtra occupies a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau in the western peninsular part of the subcontinent. Its shape roughly resembles a triangle, with the 725-kilometre western coastline forming the base and the interior narrowing to a blunt apex some 500 miles to the east. It has an area of 307,713 square kilometres. The state is bounded by the Arabian Sea in the west, Gujarat in the north-west, Madhya Pradesh in the north, Andhra Pradesh in the south-east, and Karnataka and Goa in the south.
On the coast the average minimum temperature in January is 16° (61° F), and the average maximum is 32° C (90° F); in June the average minimum temperature is 26° C (79° F), and the average maximum is also 32° C (90° F). Inland the average temperatures range from 14° to 29° C (57° to 84° F) in January and from 25° to 40° C (77° to 104° F) in May. Maharashtra has a monsoon season that accounts for about 80 percent of its annual rainfall.
Its capital, Mumbai is an island city which is billed as the Gateway of India; it is one of the most vibrant commercial and cultural centres of india.
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