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Thane taluka is a taluka in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division.

Thane taluka consists of three municipal corporations—Mira-Bhayandar, Thane and Navi Mumbai—and also few small villages. These three cities lies respectively on northern, north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Mumbai.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Thane Taluka has a population of 3,787,036. The sex-ratio of Thane Taluka is around 872 compared to 929 which is the state average of Maharashtra. The literacy rate of Thane Taluka is 79.57% out of which 82.13% males are literate and 76.63% females are literate. The total area of Thane is 400.04 km with population density of 9,467 per km.

Language

Languages of Thane Taluka (2011)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India in the Thane Taluka, 44.07% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 22.37% Hindi, 8.73% Urdu, 6.15% Gujarati, 3.01% Bengali, 2.42% Bhojpuri, 2.27% Marwadi, 1.69% Malayalam, 1.66% Kannada, 1.35% Tamil and 1.28% Telugu as their first language.

Religion

Thane district

Until 31 July 2014, Thane was the country's most populous district with a population of over 12 million. 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. The talukas Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Murbad and Shahapur were retained in Thane district.

References

1. "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
2. "Circle Saja Revenue Village List - Tahsil Office". Thane District Collectorate. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
3. Thane Taluka - Thane. Censusindia.gov.in
4. ^ "Population by Religion - Maharashtra" (XLS). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
5. "Thane Taluka Population Thane, Maharashtra, List of Villages & Towns in Thane Taluka". Censusindia2011.com. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
6. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
7. ^ "Maharashtra gets its 36th district - Palghar; carved out of India's most populous Thane district". Daily News and Analysis. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
8. Tembhekar, Chittaranjan; Sanjeev Shivadekar (14 June 2014). "Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15". Times of India. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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History	Aparanta Fort Bassein Silhara dynasty Sopara Treaty of Bassein (1534) Treaty of Bassein (1802)
Geography	Thane Creek Ulhas River Vasai Creek
Cities and towns	Ambarnath Bhiwandi Kalyan-Dombivli Kulgaon-Badlapur Mira-Bhayandar Navi Mumbai Shahapur Thane Ulhasnagar
Talukas	Ambarnath taluka Bhiwandi taluka Kalyan taluka Murbad taluka Shahapur taluka Thane taluka Ulhasnagar taluka
Transport	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Transport Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Transport Thane Municipal Transport Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport NH 3 NH 8 Kalyan Airstrip
Civic	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation Thane Municipal Corporation Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation
Culture	Warli
Parks, grounds and recreations	Sanjay Gandhi National Park Ghodbunder Fort Kalamb Beach Malshej Ghat Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple Tikuji-Ni-Wadi Upvan Lake
Lok Sabha constituencies	Bhiwandi Kalyan Thane
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kopri-Pachpakhari Mira Bhayandar Ovala-Majiwada Thane Airoli Belapur Bhiwandi Rural Shahapur Bhiwandi West Bhiwandi East Kalyan West Murbad Ambernath Ulhasnagar Kalyan East Dombivali Kalyan Rural Mumbra-Kalwa

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