Dahanu taluka explained

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

Thane 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

Dahanu taluka has a population of 402,095 according to the 2011 census. Dahanu had a literacy rate of 60.19% and a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males. 60,433 (15.03%) are under 7 years of age. 63,933 (15.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.62% and 69.11% of the population respectively.^[3]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 65.84% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 17.79% Varli, 7.87% Gujarati and 4.45% Hindi as their first language.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या. . 2014-11-27 . Prahar . 2015-08-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722032645/http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 . 2015-07-22 .
2. News: Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15. Tembhekar. Chittaranjan . Sanjeev Shivadekar. 2014-06-14. Times of India. 16 August 2015.
3. Web site: District Census Hand Book – Thane . . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
4. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra . censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.