Uran taluka

Uran
Uran
Taluka
	Uran Location in the Maharashtra state of India
	Coordinates: 18°53′02″N 72°56′02″E / 18.884°N 72.934°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Konkan
District	Raigad
Headquarters	Uran
Government
• Body	Panchayat Samiti Uran Raigad
• Chairperson	NA
• Tehsildar	Shri. Bhausaheb Andhare
• MP	Shrirang Barne; (Maval Constituency)
• MLA	Mahesh Baldi; (Pen constituency)
Area
• Total	1,503.61 km2 (580.55 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	160,303
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym	Uranakar
Language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	400702
Telephone code	02141
Vehicle registration	MH-46, MH-06

Uran taluka is a subdistrict/upazila/tehsil in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.^[1]^[2]

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 are Alibag, Karjat, Khalapur, Mahad, Mangaon, Mhasala, Murud, Panvel, Pen, Poladpur, Roha, Shrivardhan, Sudhagad-Pali, Tala and Uran.^[2]

Demographics

Religions in Uran taluk (2011)^[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			90.31%
Islam			6.04%
Buddhism			2.16%
Christianity			0.76%
Other or not stated			0.73%

Uran taluka has a population of 160,303 according to the 2011 census. Uran had a literacy rate of 85.69% and a sex ratio of 934 females per 1000 males. 18,784 (11.72%) are under 7 years of age. 69,475 (43.34%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.47% and 4.76% of the population respectively.^[4]

Languages of Uran taluk (2011)^[5]

Marathi (82.5%)
Hindi (8.18%)
Urdu (3.05%)
Others (6.28%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.49% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.18% Hindi, 3.05% Urdu as their first language.^[5]

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.

[Prahar-20141127-1] "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.

[RaigadDistrictCollectorate-20150815-2] "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.

[Religion-3] "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[census2011-4] "District Census Hand Book – Raigad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[langs-5] "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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