| Sindphana | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | India |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Maharashtra |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Marathwada |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Beed, Parbhani |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Subdivision Name5: | Majalgaon |
| Length: | 122km (76miles) |
| Source1: | Chincholi hill |
| Source1 Location: | Patoda Taluka, Beed district, Marathwada, Maharashtra, India |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 19.3833°N 102°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 528m (1,732feet) |
| Mouth: | Godavari River |
| Mouth Location: | Manjarath, Parbhani District, Marathwada, Maharashtra |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 19.8167°N 130°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 407m (1,335feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | Kinha River |
| Tributaries Right: | Bindusara River, Kundalika river |
Sindphana is a minor tributary of Godavari river[1] that originates around the Chincholi hill in Patoda Taluka, Beed District, Maharashtra, in India. Crossing west to east its drainage basin covers nearly 80% of Beed District, making it the most important river within the district. The Majalgaon Dam, constructed across the river, irrigates 93885 hectares of land in Beed, Parbhani & Nanded districts.
The Sindphana rises in the Chinchol hill at the north-west apex of the Balagat plateau in the Patoda Taluka of [Beed District].
From the site of origin the river flows in a northeasterly course past Amalner, a small village in the Patoda taluka. About a kilometre below Chavarwadi it makes a right-angle turn to follow a north-westerly direction flowing to Sindphana village, where the Sindphana Dam sits across the river. Here, it resumes its north-easterly course once again. After the confluence of another tributary, the Kinha, the Sindphana has a fairly long easterly course flowing alongside the villages Yelamb, Pimpari and Hirapur, beyond which it is joined by one of its tributaries - the Bindusara River. Its flow is interrupted by the Majalgaon Dam at Majalgaon, after which it flows north-eastwards and then northwards to join the Godavari at Manjarath village, Pathri taluka, Parbhani District at an elevation of 407m.[2]
The only important tributaries[3] of the Sindphana on its left bank are the Ad, the Belpar and the Kinha in the western part. In the eastern part the tributaries on the left flank flowing from the north are very small sized streams.
There are innumerable right flank tributaries of Sindphana flowing from the Balaghat slopes, the more important of which, in order from west to east are the Uthola flowing by Raimoha, the Utawali flowing by Khokarmoha and Khalapuri, the Dombri flowing by Dombri, Ukhanda and Rajuri and joining the Sindphana opposite to Shiras marga, the Bindusara, the Takur rising on the eastern slopes of Pimpalgaon Ghat, the Pimpalner river and the Kundalika. Of these the Bendsura and the Kundalika are of considerable size and length and require some detailed consideration.