Mokhada taluka explained

Mokhada 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, Vikramgad, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar.^[2]

Demographics

Mokhada taluka has a population of 83,453 according to the 2011 census. Mokhada had a literacy rate of 56.48% and a sex ratio of 1002 females per 1000 males. 14,678 (17.59%) are under 7 years of age. The entire population lived in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.94% and 92.08% of the population respectively.^[3]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.05% of the population in the district spoke Marathi and 2.06% Hindi as their first language.^[4]

References

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Notes and References

1. News: महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या.. 2014-11-27. Prahar. 2015-08-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722032645/http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444. 22 July 2015. dmy-all.
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.