Palghar taluka
Palghar taluka is a taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra an Indian state.[1]
Thane district
On 1 August 2014, the talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgadh, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar.[2] Mr. Maheyssh Sagar is current Tahsildar & Executive Magistrate of Taluka Palghar. Mr. Vikas M. Gajare is current Sub Divisional Officer & Sub Divisional Magistrate of Palghar Sub Division.
Demographics
Religions in Palghar taluk (2011)[3] | ||||
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Religion | Percent | |||
Hinduism | 90.62% | |||
Islam | 6.05% | |||
Buddhism | 1.31% | |||
Jainism | 0.80% | |||
Christianity | 0.50% | |||
Other or not stated | 0.72% |
Palghar taluka has a population of 550,166 according to the 2011 census. Palghar had a literacy rate of 80.69% and a sex ratio of 907 females per 1000 males. 69,554 (12.64%) are under 7 years of age. 225,380 (40.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.09% and 30.56% of the population respectively.[4]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 70.91% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 16.61% Hindi, 2.65% Gujarati, 2.29% Urdu, 2.10% Bhojpuri and 1.08% Marwari as their first language.[5]
References
- ^ "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Tembhekar, Chittaranjan; Sanjeev Shivadekar (14 June 2014). "Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15". Times of India. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ "District Census Hand Book – Thane" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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