Dhule district, formerly known as west Khandesh is located in northern part of Maharashtra State. It is bounded between north latitude 20°38' to 21°61' and east longitude 73°50' to 75°11'. The district is bounded by Nandurbar district in the north- west, Nashik district in south and Jalgaon district in east. The district headquarters is located at Dhule town. For administrative convenience, the district is divided into 4 talukas viz, Dhule, Sakri, Shirpur and Sindkheda. The district has a geographical area of 8061 sq. km. out of which 2051 sq.km. is covered by forest, whereas cultivable area is 4752 sq. km. and net sown area is 4966 sq. km. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. The entire district forms a part of the Tapi basin. It has a total population of 2,050,862 as per 2011 census. The district has 4 towns and 683 villages. Tapi is the main river flowing through the district. The district can be broadly divided into following regions i) Satpura Region, ii) Tapi valley region iii) the region of the dykes and residual hills of the Sahyadri Spurs with eastward trending streams in between. The ground water development plan has been proposed in view of the developing additional ground water resources available after supply side interventions to bring the stage of ground water development up to 70%. In Dhule block the 12.51 MCM volume of ground water generated can bring 19.24 sq km additional area under assured ground water irrigation with average crop water requirement of 0.65 m by constructing 7 Dug wells and 1 Borewell. In Sakri block, the 50.70 MCM volume of ground water generated can bring 77.99 sq. km additional area under assured ground water irrigation with average crop water requirement of 0.65 m by constructing 30 Dug wells and 4 Borewells.