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For the Islamic creed, see Shahadah.

Distinguish from Shahad town in Thāne district in Maharashtra state.

?Shahada Maharashtra • India
Shahada
Coordinates: 21°32′60″N 74°28′19″E / 21.549856, 74.471855
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Nandurbar
Population • Density • Sex ratio	49,697 (2001) • 267/km² (692/sq mi) • 975
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 425409 • +91-02565

Coordinates: 21°32′60″N 74°28′19″E / 21.549856, 74.471855

Shāhāda is a town in the northwest corner of Maharashtra state in India, now in Nandurbār District (formerly in Dhule District).

The population of Shāhāda is around 50,000.

Shāhāda is the most developed city and the most literate city in Nandurbar district, and is well cleaned and maintained.

In 2000 there were protests in Shāhāda and Nandurbar about land in the area being submerged by water stored by the Sardar Sarovar dam in the Narmada River valley.

Shahada is one of the 7 Tehsils in the Nandurbar district. Its majority population is these communities:-

• Mahars
• Gurjars
• Pawras
• Marathas
• Muslims
• Other Adivasis

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Shahada had a population of 49,697. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shahada has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 65%. In Shahada, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

• Several of North Maharashtra University's professors live in Shahada.
• Poojya Sane Guruji was born in 1923 in a village near Shāhāda. He worked much to provide education in the area.

• There is a college of engineering called Poojya Sane Guruji Vidya Prasarak Mandal in Shāhāda.
• Toranmal is the 2nd coolest Hill Station in Maharashtra state and is near to Shāhāda (approx. 40 km).
• Unapdev (25 km / 15.5 miles from Shāhāda) is a pleasant picnic point in Shāhāda tahsil. It has a permanent hot waterfall.
• Shāhāda has one of the most developed sugar mills, and a paper mill and a wine distillery.
• Prakasha, one of the famous religious places, also known as Uttar Kashi, is also in this Tehsil. The temple of Prakasha is very old.
• One of the famous temples of the god Shree Ganesha (Heramb) is at Jaynagar, 24 km away from Shāhāda. Hundreds of thousands of people visit on the occasion of Mangli Chathurthi.
• Datta temple is at Sarangkheda. Every year a big fair is organised.
• Hingani is a small village between Shāhāda and Shirpur. People there conduct the "Mahavakya" & "Mahakavya" of the Mahanubhav panth. See Hinagani Panchayat.

1. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

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