Jamkhed taluka, is a
taluka
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in Karjat subdivision of
Ahmednagar district
Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: �ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ, officially Ahilyanagar district, is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical city of Ahmednagar is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar ...
in
Maharashtra
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State of India.
Area
The table below shows area of the taluka by land type.
Villages
There are around 88 villages in Jamkhed taluka. ''For list of villages see
Villages in Jamkhed taluka''.
Population
Jamkhed taluka has a population of 158,380 according to the 2011 census. Jamkhed had a literacy rate of 63.69% and a sex ratio of 920 females per 1000 males. 34,017 (21.48%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.99% and 1.43% of the population respectively.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 90.09% of the population in the district spoke
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
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*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
, 3.87%
Hindi
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and 3.67%
Urdu
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as their first language.
Rain Fall
The Table below details of rainfall from year 1981 to 2004.
See also
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Talukas in Ahmednagar district
Ahmednagar district is a district in state of Maharashtra in India. There are 14 talukas (talukas) in Ahmednagar district, Ahmednagar.
District Subdivisions
Ahmednagar district is divided into four district subdivisions.
List of talukas in A ...
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Villages in Jamkhed taluka
References
{{Ahmednagar district topics
Talukas in Maharashtra
Cities and towns in Ahmednagar district
Talukas in Ahmednagar district