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{{Short description|Taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}

'''Dahanu taluka''' is a [[taluka]] in [[Palghar district]] of Maharashtra an Indian state.<ref name="Prahar-20141127">{{cite news|url=http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 |title=महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या. |date=2014-11-27 |work=Prahar |accessdate=2015-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722032645/http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 |archivedate=2015-07-22 }}</ref>

==Thane district==
On 1 August 2014, the talukas of [[Mokhada taluka|Mokhada]], [[Jawahar taluka|Jawahar]], [[Talasari taluka|Talasari]], [[Vikramgadh taluka|Vikramgadh]], [[Wada taluka|Wada]], Dahanu, [[Palghar taluka|Palghar]] and [[Vasai taluka|Vasai]] were separated from the erstwhile [[Thane district]] to form a new district [[Palghar district|Palghar]].<ref name="TimesOfIndia-20140614">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/Thane-district-will-finally-be-split-into-2-parts-from-August-15/articleshow/36516533.cms|title=Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15|last=Tembhekar|first=Chittaranjan |author2=Sanjeev Shivadekar|date=2014-06-14|work=Times of India|accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
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|title=Religions in Dahanu taluk (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|95.37}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|2.94}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|pink|0.69}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|1.00}}
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Dahanu taluka has a population of 402,095 according to the 2011 census. Dahanu had a literacy rate of 60.19% and a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males. 60,433 (15.03%) are under 7 years of age. 63,933 (15.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.62% and 69.11% of the population respectively.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Thane |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/834/download/36204/DH_2011_2721_PART_A_DCHB_THANE.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Dahanu taluk (2011)<ref name="langs" />
|label1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value1 = 65.84 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Varli language|Varli]] |value2 = 17.79 |color2 = mediumvioletred
|label3 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value3 = 7.87 |color3 = skyblue
|label4 = [[Hindi]] |value4 = 4.45 |color4 = orange
|label5 = Others |value5 = 4.05 |color5 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 65.84% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 17.79% [[Varli language|Varli]], 7.87% [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and 4.45% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="langs">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Talukas in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Talukas in Palghar district]]
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