Maval taluka | |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pune district |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Parts Type: | Major villages |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Tehsildar |
Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Leader Title2: | Assembly constituency |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Population Total: | 377559 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Total Type: | Total |
Maval taluka is a taluka in Mawal subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the taluka comprised 187 villages, a figure that was unchanged from 2001.[1] There were also three census towns at that time - Wadagaon, Khadkale and Kusgaon Budruk.[2] The census towns had their own governing bodies, whilst the gram panchayats which governed the villages numbered 100; there were two villages - Ahirvade and Kamshet - which had no official governing body.[3]
Maval taluka has a population of 377,559 according to the 2011 census. Maval had a literacy rate of 82.38% and a sex ratio of 902 females per 1000 males. 46,644 (12.35%) are under 7 years of age. 157,775 (41.79%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.62% and 7.74% of the population respectively.[4]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.93% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.90% Hindi, 1.24% Marwari, 0.97% Gujarati and 0.95% Kannada as their first language.[5]