Talasari taluka

Talasari taluka is a taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra an Indian state.^[1]

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 Talasari taluk (2011)[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			96.85%
Islam			1.44%
Christianity			0.86%
Other or not stated			0.85%

Talasari taluka has a population of 154,818 according to the 2011 census. Talasari had a literacy rate of 57.20% and a sex ratio of 1026 females per 1000 males. 26,733 (17.27%) are under 7 years of age. The entire population lived in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.32% and 90.61% of the population respectively.^[4]

Languages of Talasari taluk (2011)^[5]

  Varli (67.27%)

  Marathi (18.96%)

  Kokna (4.95%)

  Gujarati (3.89%)

  Others (4.93%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 67.27% of the population in the district spoke Varli, 18.96% Marathi, 4.95% Kokna and 3.89% Gujarati as their first language.^[5]

References

1. "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar (in Marathi). 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
2. Chittaranjan Tembhekar; 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.