There are seventy-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-two (78652) books available in various languages like Marathi, English, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Gujarati, etc. Also, there are 28235 (twenty-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-five) reference books and 599 (five hundred and ninety-nine) rare books and manuscripts. The complete collection of the special features of the reference section is the Pasodi of Daso Panta and the oldest copy of Dnyaneshwari which are available in the library today. Among the institutions that have contributed greatly to the fame and cultural glory of Aurangabad, the name of Balwant Free Library has to be mentioned first. It is a prestigious and renowned library in the field of knowledge dissemination.