Jawahar taluka

Jawahar taluka is a taluka in the Palghar district of Maharashtra.^[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

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]

  Marathi (82.22%)

  Varli (9.84%)

  Kokna (2.09%)

  'Other' Marathi (2.05%)

  Hindi (1.51%)

  Urdu (1.03%)

  Others (1.26%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.22% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 9.84% Varli, 2.09% 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. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.