The area under the Tribal Sub Plan in Maharashtra is 50,757 sq.kms., as against the total geographical area of 3,07,713 sq. kms. of the State. This works out to about 16.5 percent of the geographical area of the State.

There are 36 Districts in the State and the tribal population is largely concentrated in the Western Hilly Districts of Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Nashik, Palghar and Thane (Sahyadri Region) and the eastern forest Districts of Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Gondia, Nagpur, Amravati and Yavatmal (Gondwana Region).

There are total 29 Integrated Tribal Development Project Offices in the State. Out of which 11 Integrated Tribal Development Project Offices have been declared most sensitive. These most sensitive I.T.D.P.Offices are namely Nashik, Kalwan, Taloda, Jawhar, Dahanu, Dhaarani, Kinwat, Pandharkavda, Gadchiroli, Aheri and Bhamragad.