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'''Jawahar taluka''' is a [[taluka]] in the [[Palghar district]] of [[Maharashtra]].<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, [[Talasari taluka|Talasari]], [[Vikramgadh taluka|Vikramgadh]], [[Wada taluka|Wada]], [[Dahanu taluka|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 Jawahar 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
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|96.53}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|2.47}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|mediumblue|0.48}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.52}}
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Jawahar taluka has a population of 140,187 according to the 2011 census. Jawahar had a literacy rate of 57.42% and a sex ratio of 1022 females per 1000 males. 23,284 (16.61%) are under 7 years of age. 12,040 (8.59%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.03% and 91.64% 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>

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|caption = Languages of Jawahar taluk (2011)<ref name="langs" />
|label1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value1 = 82.22 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Varli language|Varli]] |value2 = 9.84 |color2 = mediumvioletred
|label3 = [[Dhodia-Kukna language|Kokna]] |value3 = 2.09 |color3 = darksalmon
|label4 = 'Other' Marathi |value4 = 2.05 |color4 = tomato
|label5 = [[Hindi]] |value5 = 1.51 |color5 = orange
|label6 = [[Urdu]] |value6 = 1.03 |color6 = green
|label7 = Others |value7 = 1.26 |color7 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 82.22% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 9.84% [[Varli language|Varli]], 2.09% [[Dhodia-Kukna language|Kukna]], and 1.51% [[Hindi]] and 1.03% [[Urdu]] as their first language. 2.05% of the population spoke 'Others' under Marathi.<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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Jawahar taluka - Revision history

SanjayGhare at 19:08, 1 February 2026