Telhara is a town and a municipal council in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Telhara is called the Cotton City; it is one of the largest cotton-producing subdistrict in Vidarbha Region.

The Battle of Adgaon Bk village is located in Telhara subdistrict, took place on 28 November 1803, between the British under the command of Governor Arthur Wellesley and the forces of Maratha under Bhonsle of Nagpur during Second Anglo-Maratha War.

This has now been discontinued, but during 1908 a Bench of Honorary Magistrates was established at Telhara with jurisdiction was over one-fourth of Akot taluk.

It also provides water for drinking to nearby towns, villages and Cities like Akola, Telhara Shegaon.

Harakhchand Gulabchand Shah, Honorary Magistrate, a Swetambari Jain, built a temple to Padmaprabhu in 1901 to carry out a vow of his father's, at a cost of Rs.

It has a golden image, and the building is strikingly coloured and furnished; with details such as the introduction of the figures of British soldiers in the front.

The demand is that of four gins and two presses in the town, but this is sufficient to absorb all the cotton of the locality and to bring perhaps 200 or 250 carts a day into Telhara.

Telhara Municipal Council has total administration over 4,518 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.