Panvel taluka

Panvel
Taluka
Panvel Location in the Maharashtra state of India
Coordinates: 18°59′20″N73°06′58″E / 18.989°N 73.116°E / 18.989; 73.116
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Konkan
District	Raigad
Headquarters	Panvel
Government
• Body	Panchayat Samiti Panvel Raigad
•  Chairperson	NA
•  Tehsildar	NA
•  MP	Shrirang Barne (Maval Constituency)
•  MLA	Prashant Thakur (Panvel constituency)
Area
• Total	1,503.61 km2 (580.55 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	205,585
• Density	136.728/km2 (354.123/sq mi)
Demonym	Mahadkar
Language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	410206/ 410217/ 410208/410218
Telephone code	02141
Vehicle registration	MH-46, MH-06

Panvel taluka is a subdistrict/upazila/tehsil in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. ^{[1] [2]}

Raigad district

As of August 2015, there were 8 sub-divisions, 15 talukas, 1970 villages, 60 revenue circles and 350 sazzas in Raigad district. The talukas being Alibag, Karjat, Khalapur, Mahad, Mangaon, Mhasala, Murud, Panvel, Pen, Poladpur, Roha, Shrivardhan, Sudhagad-Pali, Tala and Uran. ^[2]

Demographics

Religions in Panvel taluk (2011) [3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			82.79%
Islam			8.47%
Buddhism			5.45%
Christianity			1.48%
Sikhism			0.82%
Jainism			0.53%
Other or not stated			0.46%

Panvel taluka has a population of 750,236 according to the 2011 census. Panvel had a literacy rate of 87.77% and a sex ratio of 889 females per 1000 males. 94,362 (12.58%) are under 7 years of age. 497,759 (66.59%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.64% and 6.42% of the population respectively. ^[4]

Languages of Panvel taluk (2011) ^[5]

1. Marathi (66.1%)
2. Hindi (14.6%)
3. Urdu (4.17%)
4. Malayalam (2.06%)
5. Gujarati (1.85%)
6. Bengali (1.35%)
7. Kannada (1.34%)
8. Bhojpuri (1.11%)
9. Punjabi (1.06%)
10. Tamil (0.94%)
11. Others (5.44%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 66.10% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 14.58% Hindi, 4.17% Urdu, 2.06% Malayalam, 1.85% Gujarati, 1.35% Bengali, 1.34% Kannada, 1.11% Bhojpuri, 1.06% Punjabi and 0.94% Tamil 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 15 August 2015.
2. "Details of Sub-Divisions, Tahasils, Villages, Circles and Sazzas in Raigad district". Raigad District Collectorate. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 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 – Raigad" (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.