Aurangabad District is located mainly in Godavari Basin and its some part towards North West of Tapi River Basin. This District’s general down level is towards South and East and North West part comes in Purna –Godavari river basin. The Aurangabad district’s North Longitude ( Degree) is 19 and 20 and East Longitude (Degree ) is 74 to 76.

FORESTS
In Aurangbad district total Forest Area is 135.75 Sq.Km. As compare to Maharashtra the forest area of Aurangabad is 9.03%.

MOUNTAINS
There are three mountains namely
1) Antur – its height is 826 Mtr.
2) Satonda – 552 Mtr.
3) Abbasgad – 671 Mtr. and Ajintha 578 Mtrs. Average Height of Southern portion is 600 to 670 mtrs.

RIVER
The main rivers In Aurangabad district are Godavari and Tapi and also Purna, Shivna, Kham . Dudhna, Galhati and Girja rivers are the sub rivers of Godavari.

AREA
The Aurangabad District’s total area is 10,100 Sq. Kilo Mtrs. Out of which 141.1 Sq. Km is Urban area and 99,587 Sq. Km is Rural Area.

CLIMATE
In Aurangabad rainy season starts from the month of June to September- and October to February-Winter Season and March to May Summer Season. The Average rain fall of Aurangabad District is 734 mm and the Minimum Temperature is 5.6 D.C. Maximum Temperature is 45.9 D.C.

LANGUAGES
In Aurangabad district as per the Census 2001 total population is 28,97,013 and peoples mainly speaks Marathi, Hindi, English and Urdu language.

HOW TO REACH AURANGABAD
By Air : Aurangabad airport is 10 km east of the city and is connected by daily flights to Mumbai and Delhi via Udaipur and Jaipur. Taxis and auto rickshaws are available outside the airport or you could have a rented car meet you on arrival.

By Train : Aurangabad is not located on the main route but some trains do stop here. However, Manmad, 113km northwest of Aurangabad is the closest junction for major trains from across the country. There are two direct trains to/from Mumbai as well as a daily train to Hyderabad in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Other direct connections are to Delhi (1395 km) and one, every five days to Amritsar via Delhi. Local trains, taxis and buses connect the two places.

By Road : You can easily drive in as Aurangabad is well connected by road to the towns and cities around it. State Roadways buses and private bus companies connect Aurangabad from Pune (5 hours), Nashik (5 hours) Indore. Overnight luxury buses connect Aurangabad from Mumbai (12 hours) via Pune or Manmad.

Ellora is connected by regular bus service to Aurangabad, the trip takes around 45 minutes. There are four morning buses to Ajanta (3 hours) and an hourly bus service to the town of Jalgaon via Ajanta. The main taxi stand is near the bus stand from where one can hire taxis to Ellora and the fortress of Daulatabad.