Dahanu taluka is a
taluka
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
in
Palghar district
Palghar District (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːlɡʱəɾ is a Districts of Maharashtra, district in the state of Maharashtra in Konkan Division.
The headquarters of the district is the town of Palghar. Other major cities in the ...
of Maharashtra an Indian state.
Thane district
On 1 August 2014, the talukas of
Mokhada
Mokhada is a census town in Jawhar subdivision of Palghar district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division
Konkan division is one of the six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. It comprises the central portions of t ...
,
Jawahar
Jawahar is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Jawaharlal Nehru.
People with the given name
* Jawahar Singh
* Jawahar Singh (wazir), Jawahar Singh
* Jawahar Lal Kaul
* Jawahar Bakshi
* Jawahar Gilles Djéyaramane
* Jawaha ...
,
Talasari
Talasari is a village and a municipal council in Palghar district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is one of the taluka
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and ...
,
Vikramgadh,
Wada, Dahanu,
Palghar
Palghar () is a prominent town in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, India, and a municipal council. It is strategically located within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and since 2014, it has been the administrative capital of the Palgh ...
and
Vasai
Vasai (Konkani and Marathi pronunciation: əsəi British English: Bassein; formerly and alternatively Marathi; ''Bajipur'') is a historical place and city located in Palghar district; it was partitioned out of the Thane district in 2014. It ...
were separated from the erstwhile
Thane district
Thane district (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a districts of Maharashtra, district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the c ...
to form a new district
Palghar
Palghar () is a prominent town in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, India, and a municipal council. It is strategically located within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and since 2014, it has been the administrative capital of the Palgh ...
.
Demographics
Dahanu taluka has a population of 402,095 according to the 2011 census. Dahanu had a literacy rate of 60.19% and a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males. 60,433 (15.03%) are under 7 years of age. 63,933 (15.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.62% and 69.11% of the population respectively.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 65.84% of the population in the district spoke
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
, 17.79%
Varli, 7.87%
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
and 4.45%
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
as their first language.
References
Talukas in Maharashtra
Talukas in Palghar district
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