Jawahar taluka

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Jawahar taluka is a

Thane district

On 1 August 2014, the talukas of

Vikramgadh, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar.[2]

Demographics

Religions in Jawahar taluk (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
96.53%
Islam
2.47%
Buddhism
0.48%
Other or not stated
0.52%

Jawahar taluka has a population of 140,187 according to the 2011 census. Jawahar had a literacy rate of 57.42% and a sex ratio of 1022 females per 1000 males. 23,284 (16.61%) are under 7 years of age. 12,040 (8.59%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.03% and 91.64% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages of Jawahar taluk (2011)[5]

  
Kokna (2.09%)
  'Other' Marathi (2.05%)
  Hindi (1.51%)
  Urdu
(1.03%)

At the time of the

Kukna, and 1.51% Hindi and 1.03% Urdu as their first language. 2.05% of the population spoke 'Others' under Marathi.[5]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  4. ^ "District Census Hand Book – Thane" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.