Evidence of human settlement in Amravati in the 11th century comes from the marble statue of the Jain tirthankara Rishabhanatha.

When Govind Maha Prabhu visited Amravati in the 13th century, the region surrounding Amaravati was ruled by the Hindu King of Devagiree (Yadav).

Famine (drought) struck Amravati in the fourteenth century, and residents fled to Gujarat and Malwa.

Mager Aurangpura, now known as "Sabanpura", was given to Jamia Masjid by Aurangzeb in the sixteenth century.

The city was reconstructed and prospered by Ranoji Bhosle after the treaty of Devgaon and Anjangaon Surji and victory over Gavilgad (Fort of Chikhaldara).

[8] Located about 663 (412  mi) kilometers east of the state capital Mumbai and 152 (94  mi) kilometers west of Nagpur, Amravati is the second largest city of the Vidarbha region after Nagpur.

Chikhaldara is about 80 km from Amravati city which is the only hill station in the Vidarbha region.

[8] The star city bus services are run by the Amravati Municipal Corporation.

Amravati has also started a Women's Special City bus which is a first in the Vidarbha region.

Bus services to cities like Nagpur, Yavatmal, Bhopal, Harda, Indore, Raipur, Jabalpur, Mumbai, Pune, Akola, Dharni, Nanded, Aurangabad, Jalna, Burhanpur, Parbhani, Solapur, Khandwa, Gondia, Shirdi, Hyderabad, Paratwada (Achalpur) and Kolhapur are also available.

National Highway 6 (old numbering), which runs from Hazira (Surat) to Kolkata, passes through Amravati.

MADC is acquiring about 400 Hectares of land for developing the airport and related facilities at an estimated cost of Rs.