BULDANA, a town and district of India, in Berar. Pop. of town 7,504. It was selected on account of its elevation and cooler climate to be the headquarters of the district, but is other wise quite unimportant. The northern plain in the valley of the Purna is a very rich cotton tract. The southern part, consisting of small plateaux with rich valleys between them, is also fertile. It is bounded on the south by the Nizam's dominions. With sq. miles added in 1905, the area is 3,662 sq.m. and the population (1931) 766,584. Its trading centres are on the railway (Nagpur branch of the Great Indian Peninsular line) and it has several considerable towns, Khamgaon 23,462, Malkapur 17,565, and two other towns of Io,000 each. Cotton is the great commercial crop of the district. Juar is the staple food but a considerable area of wheat is also grown and the district is better provided with wells than most of Berar.