Thane taluka

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Thane taluka is a taluka in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. [1] [2]

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Thane taluka consists of three municipal corporations—Mira-Bhayandar, Thane and Navi Mumbai—and also few small villages. These three cities lies respectively on northern, north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Mumbai.

Municipal corporationPopulation
2011 census [3] 		Area
in km2
Thane 1,841,488147
Mira-Bhayandar 809,37879.4
Navi Mumbai 1,120,547344
14 villages15,623
Total taluka3,787,046570
(w/o villages)

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Thane Taluka has a population of 3,787,036. The sex-ratio of Thane Taluka is around 872 compared to 929 which is the state average of Maharashtra. [4] The literacy rate of Thane Taluka is 79.57% out of which 82.13% males are literate and 76.63% females are literate. The total area of Thane is 400.04 km2 with population density of 9,467 per km2. [5]

Language

Languages of Thane Taluka (2011) [6]
  1. Marathi (44.1%)
  2. Hindi (22.4%)
  3. Urdu (8.73%)
  4. Gujarati (6.15%)
  5. Bengali (3.01%)
  6. Bhojpuri (2.42%)
  7. Marwadi (2.27%)
  8. Malayalam (1.69%)
  9. Kannada (1.66%)
  10. Tamil (1.35%)
  11. Telugu (1.28%)
  12. Others (5.00%)

Religion

Religions in Thane Taluka (2011) [4]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
74.83%
Islam
 
14.81%
Buddhism
 
4.29%
Christianity
 
2.90%
Jainism
 
2.19%
Sikhism
 
0.57%
Other or not stated
 
0.42%

Thane district

Until 31 July 2014, Thane was the country's most populous district with a population of over 12 million. [7] 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. The talukas Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Murbad and Shahapur were retained in Thane district. [7] [8]

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 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Circle Saja Revenue Village List - Tahsil Office". Thane District Collectorate. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Thane Taluka - Thane. Censusindia.gov.in
  4. 1 2 "Population by Religion - Maharashtra" (XLS). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Thane Taluka Population Thane, Maharashtra, List of Villages & Towns in Thane Taluka". Censusindia2011.com. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. 1 2 "Maharashtra gets its 36th district - Palghar; carved out of India's most populous Thane district". Daily News and Analysis. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. ↑ 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.


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