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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Panvel Taluka
Panvel 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 Panvel taluk (2011)
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 82.79%
Islam
 
 8.47%
Buddhism
 
 5.45%
Christianity
 
 1.48%
Sikhism
 
 0.82%
Jainism
 
 0.53%
Other or not stated
 
 0.46%

Panvel taluka has a population of 750,236 according to the 2011 census. Panvel had a literacy rate of 87.77% and a sex ratio of 889 females per 1000 males. 94,362 (12.58%) are under 7 years of age. 497,759 (66.59%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.64% and 6.42% of the population respectively.

Languages of Panvel taluk (2011)

  Marathi (66.10%)
  Hindi (14.58%)
  Urdu (4.17%)
  Malayalam (2.06%)
  Gujarati (1.85%)
  Bengali (1.35%)
  Kannada (1.34%)
  Bhojpuri (1.11%)
  Punjabi (1.06%)
  Tamil (0.94%)
  Others (5.44%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 66.10% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 14.58% Hindi, 4.17% Urdu, 2.06% Malayalam, 1.85% Gujarati, 1.35% Bengali, 1.34% Kannada, 1.11% Bhojpuri, 1.06% Punjabi and 0.94% Tamil as their first language.