Palghar taluka is a taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra an Indian state.[1]
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] Mr. Maheyssh Sagar is current Tahsildar & Executive Magistrate of Taluka Palghar. Mr. Vikas M. Gajare is current Sub Divisional Officer & Sub Divisional Magistrate of Palghar Sub Division.
Palghar taluka has a population of 550,166 according to the 2011 census. Palghar had a literacy rate of 80.69% and a sex ratio of 907 females per 1000 males. 69,554 (12.64%) are under 7 years of age. 225,380 (40.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.09% and 30.56% of the population respectively.[3]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 70.91% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 16.61% Hindi, 2.65% Gujarati, 2.29% Urdu, 2.10% Bhojpuri and 1.08% Marwari as their first language.[4]