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Pen
Taluka
PenLocation in the Maharashtra state of India
Coordinates: 18°44′20″N 73°05′49″E / 18.739°N 73.097°E / 18.739; 73.097
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Konkan Division
District	Raigad
Headquarters	Pen
Government
• Body	Panchayat Samiti Pen Raigad
• Chairperson	NA
• Tehsildar	NA
• MP	Sunil Tatkare (Raigad Constituency)
• MLA	Ravisheth Patil (Pen constituency)
Area
• Total	1,503.61 km (580.55 sq mi)
Population
• Total	205,585
• Density	140/km (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Penkar
Language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	410206/ 410217/ 410208/410218
Telephone code	02141
Vehicle registration	MH-46, MH-06

Pen taluka is a subdistrict/upazila/tehsil 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 circled 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

Pen taluka has a population of 195,454 according to the 2011 census. Pen had a literacy rate of 77.90% and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. 21,884 (11.20%) are under 7 years of age. 12,216 (16.46%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.28% and 16.58% of the population respectively.

Languages of Pen taluk (2011)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.24% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 2.46% Hindi and 0.93% Urdu as their first language. 2.02% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.

References

1. "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.
2. ^ "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.
3. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
4. "District Census Hand Book – Raigad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
5. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

v t e Raigad district
Talukas	Alibag Karjat Khalapur Mahad Mangaon Mhasala Murud Panvel Pen Poladpur Roha Shrivardhan Sudhagad-Pali Tala Uran
Electoral constituencies	Lok Sabha Raigad Maval Vidhan Sabha Panvel Karjat Uran Pen Alibag Shrivardhan Mahad
Cities and towns	Agar Panchaitan Alibag (district headquarters) Ambivali Tarf Wankhal Bhivpuri Birwadi Chaul Dadar Dhatau Goregaon Harihareshwar Kalundre Kamothe Karanja Karjat Kegaon Khalapur Kherdi Khopoli Mahad Mangaon Matheran Mhasla Mohpada Mora Murud Nagothana Neral Pali Panvel Pen Poladpur Roha Roha Ashtami Shelu Shrivardhan Tala Taloje Panchnand Uran Utekhol
Villages	Agardanda Bamandongri Beed Khurd Bharadkhol Bhatan Bodni Chikhale Chondhi Dasgaon Devale Dhakti Jui Diwiparangi Indapur Jadhvawadi Kashele Kashid Khandas Khar Mazgaon Kihim Kolad Laxmikhar Lonere Mandwa Palaspe Pali Poladpur-Naneghol Poshir Rajpuri Rasayani Revdanda Rohinjan Salpe-Kharmare Saral Sarasgad Sarde Shirdhon Siddheshwar Vadhav Vasheni Vashi Vichumbe Wahal

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