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Lokmat ( Marathi (मराठी:लोकमत, literally 'People's Opinion') is a Marathi language newspaper published from Mumbai, and several other cities in Maharashtra state. Founded in 1971 by Jawaharlal Darda, in 2014, as per Indian Readership Survey (IRS 2014) it was the tenth largest Indian daily with 5.887 million readers, and in Marathi, it is the largest selling daily with 1.4 million copies a day. As per IRS 2010 Q3, Lokmat has a total readership of 23.67 million, Lokmat has a total readership of 23.67 million. Its registered and corporate offices are located in Mumbai, Maharashtra (India) and its main administrative center is located at Lokmat Building, Lokmat Square, Nagpur (India).
Lokmat has 11 Marathi editions in Maharashtra.
Nagpur (including Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Wardha, Gondia, Amravati and Gadchiroli supplements)
Aurangabad (including Separate Hello Lokmat Supplement For 8 Distticts in Marathwada)
Mumbai (including Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg)
Pune
Ahmednagar (including Shirdi and Beed)
Solapur
Kolhapur (including Sangli & Satara)
Nashik
Jalgaon (inclusive of Dhule and Nandurbar)
Akola (including Buldhana, Washim and supplements)
Goa
Lokmat also caters to the Marathi speaking population outside Maharashtra. It has editions in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Belgaum (Karnataka). On 21 April 2009, Lokmat launched its Goa edition (Marathi) primarily for the Marathi-speaking population of north and north-east Goa.