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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Alibag Taluka
Alibag taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Raigad district

As of August 2015, there were 8 sub-divisions, 15 talukas, 1970 villages, 60 revenue circles and 350 sazzas in Raigad district. The talukas being Alibag, Karjat, Khalapur, Mahad, Mangaon, Mhasala, Murud, Panvel, Pen, Poladpur, Roha, Shrivardhan, Sudhagad Pali, Tala and Uran.

Demographics

Religions in Alibag taluk (2011)
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 93.82%
Islam
 
 3.66%
Buddhism
 
 1.29%
Jainism
 
 0.69%
Other or not stated
 
 0.54%

Alibag taluka has a population of 236,167 according to the 2011 census. Alibag had a literacy rate of 85.92% and a sex ratio of 980 females per 1000 males. 22,125 (9.37%) are under 7 years of age. 41,686 (17.65%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.46% and 15.82% of the population respectively.

Languages of Alibag taluk (2011)

  Marathi (91.61%)
  Hindi (3.19%)
  Urdu (1.50%)
  Others (3.70%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.61% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 3.19% Hindi and 1.50% Urdu as their first language.