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Dahanu taluka

Taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dahanu 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]

Demographics

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Religions in Dahanu taluk (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 95.37%
Islam
 
 2.94%
Jainism
 
 0.69%
Other or not stated
 
 1.00%
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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.[4]

Languages of Dahanu taluk (2011)[5]
  1. Marathi (65.8%)
  2. Varli (17.8%)
  3. Gujarati (7.87%)
  4. Hindi (4.45%)
  5. Others (4.05%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 65.84% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 17.79% Varli, 7.87% Gujarati and 4.45% Hindi as their first language.[5]

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