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Vasai taluka

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

Palghar 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 Vasai taluk (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
78.05%
Islam
8.45%
Christianity
8.25%
Buddhism
2.53%
Jainism
1.75%
Other or not stated
0.59%

Vasai taluka has a population of 1,343,402 according to the 2011 census. Vasai had a literacy rate of 87.56% and a sex ratio of 893 females per 1000 males. 162,841 (12.12%) are under 7 years of age. 1,230,140 (91.57%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.98% and 7.32% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages of Vasai taluk (2011)[5]

  Marathi (49.97%)
  Hindi (24.78%)
  Gujarati (8.60%)
  Bhojpuri (2.92%)
  Urdu (2.52%)
  Marwari (1.64%)
  Malayalam (1.41%)
  Bengali (1.28%)
  Konkani (1.25%)
  Kannada (0.93%)
  Others (4.70%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 49.97% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 24.78% Hindi, 8.60% Gujarati, 2.92% Bhojpuri, 2.52% Urdu, 1.64% Marwari, 1.41% Malayalam, 1.28% Bengali, 1.25% Konkani and 0.93% Kannada as their first language.[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. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.