Karjat taluka, Raigad

Taluka in Maharashtra, India

18°55′00″N 73°19′48″E / 18.9167°N 73.33°E / 18.9167; 73.33Country

IndiaStateMaharashtraDivisionKonkanDistrictRaigadHeadquartersKarjatGovernment

• BodyPanchayat Samiti Karjat Raigad • ChairpersonSmt. Sushma Tai Thackeray • TehsildarVikram Deshamukh • MPShrirang Barne
(Maval Constituency) • MLAMahendra Thorve
(Karjat constituency)Area

• Total1,503.61 km² (580.55 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total212,051 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)DemonymKarjatkarLanguage

Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

410201

Telephone code02148Vehicle registrationMH-46, MH-06

Karjat taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.^[1]^[2]

Officer

MLA

Mahendra Thorve
(Karjat constituency)

Sub-Divisional Officer

Tahasildar & Executive Magistrate

Tehsildar

Dr. Shital Rasal

Prant Adhikari

MS. Vaishali Pardesi

Police commissioner

Sub-Division. Superintendent of Police. Karjat

Mr. Anil Gherdikar

Po.ni - Karjat Po.Ste. Po.N.

Mr. Surendra Garad

Po.ni - Neral Po.Ste. S.P.N.

Mr. Sanjay Shantaram Bangar

Chairperson & Deputy Chairperson Panchayat Samiti

Chairperson -

Smt. Sushma Tai Thackeray

Deputy Chairperson -

Smt. Jaywanti Hindola

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.^[2]

Demographics

Religions in Karjat taluk (2011)^[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			87.75%
Islam			5.68%
Buddhism			5.33%
Jainism			0.57%
Other or not stated			0.67%

Karjat taluka has a population of 212,051 according to the 2011 census. Karjat had a literacy rate of 80.65% and a sex ratio of 966 females per 1000 males. 25,216 (11.89%) are under 7 years of age. 52,485 (24.75%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 5.43% and 23.94% of the population respectively.^[4]

Languages of Karjat taluk (2011)^[5]

Marathi (85.19%)

'Other' Marathi (3.90%)

Hindi (3.88%)

Urdu (3.41%)

Others (3.62%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 85.19% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 3.88% Hindi, and 3.41% Urdu as their first language. 3.90% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.^[5]

Village

References

^ "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar (in Marathi). 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Details of Sub-Divisions, Tahasils, Villages, Circles and Sazzas in Raigad district". Raigad District Collectorate. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ "District Census Hand Book – Raigad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ ^a ^b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.