Nagar taluka explained

Nagar taluka
Settlement Type:	Tehsil
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	India
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Ahmednagar district
Seat Type:	Headquarters
Seat:	Ahmednagar
Parts Type:	Major villages
Parts Style:	para
Leader Title:	Tahsildar
Leader Title1:	Lok Sabha constituency
Leader Title2:	Assembly constituency
Leader Title3:	MLA
Population Total:	684044
Population As Of:	2011
Area Total Km2:	1605.74
Population Density Km2:	auto

Nagar taluka is a taluka in Ahmednagar subdivision of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra state of India.^[1]

Area

The table below shows area of the taluka by land type.^[2]

Type of Land	Area (km²)	% of Total Area
Agriculture	1376.64	85.73
Forest	131.65	8.2
Other	97.45	6.07
Total	1605.74	100

Villages

There are around 117 villages in Nagar taluka. For list of villages see Villages in Nagar taluka.

Population

Nagar taluka has a population of 684,044 according to the 2011 census. Nagar had a literacy rate of 86.35% and a sex ratio of 931 females per 1000 males. 428,182 (62.60%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.18% and 2.10% of the population respectively.^[3]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 77.01% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.31% Hindi, 5.35% Urdu, 2.77% Telugu and 2.36% Marwari as their first language.^[4]

Rain Fall

The table below details rainfall from 1981 to 2004.^[5]

Year	Rainfall (mm)
1981	639
1982	520
1983	786
1984	497
1985	400
1986	498
1987	827
1988	772
1989	914
1990	1446
1991	950
1992	572
1993	655
1994	531.1
1995	372
1996	710
1997	347
1998	730
1999	479
2000	580
2001	380
2002	394
2003	199
2004	518

Notes and References

Web site: Talukas in Ahmednagar district . 22 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929211433/http://ahmednagar.gov.in/html_docs/GEO-Main.htm . 29 September 2011 . dead .
Web site: Talukas geographic information . 22 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929211433/http://ahmednagar.gov.in/html_docs/GEO-Main.htm . 29 September 2011 . dead .
Web site: District Census Hand Book – Ahmednagar . . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra . censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
Web site: Rainfall information of Ahemadnagar district . 22 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142213/http://ahmednagar.gov.in/html_docs/rainfall_information_of_district.htm . 8 December 2015 . dead .