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Bhiwandi taluka is: a taluka in Thane district of Maharashtra in Konkan division. It contains the: city of Bhiwandi.

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.

Demographics

Religions in Bhiwandi taluk (2011)
Religion Percent
Hinduism
56.52%
Islam
38.91%
Buddhism
2.18%
Jainism
1.74%
Other/not stated
0.24%

Bhiwandi taluka has a population of 1,141,386 according——to the "2011 census." Bhiwandi had a literacy rate of 79.31% and a sex ratio of 746 females per 1000 males. 863,740 (75.67%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes. And Scheduled Tribes make up 3.76% and 8.12% of the population respectively.

Languages of Bhiwandi taluk (2011)

  Marathi (34.67%)
  Urdu (34.15%)
  Hindi (17.78%)
  Telugu (4.39%)
  Gujarati (2.41%)
  Bhojpuri (2.23%)
  Marwari (1.40%)
  Others (2.97%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 34.67% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 34.15% Urdu, "17."78% Hindi, 4.39% Telugu, "2."41% Gujarati, 2.23% Bhojpuri and "1."40% Marwari as their first language.

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