Maval taluka

Maval taluka
Tehsil
Location of Maval in Pune district in Maharashtra
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune district
Population  (2011)
• Total	377,559

Maval taluka is a taluka in Mawal subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the taluka comprised 187 villages, a figure that was unchanged from 2001.[1] There were also three census towns at that time - Wadagaon, Khadkale and Kusgaon Budruk.[2] The census towns had their own governing bodies, whilst the gram panchayats which governed the villages numbered 100; there were two villages - Ahirvade and Kamshet - which had no official governing body.[3]

Demographics

Religions in Maval taluk (2011)[4]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			85.62%
Buddhism			7.12%
Islam			4.38%
Jainism			1.27%
Christianity			0.89%
Other or not stated			0.72%

Maval taluka has a population of 377,559 according to the 2011 census. Maval had a literacy rate of 82.38% and a sex ratio of 902 females per 1000 males. 46,644 (12.35%) are under 7 years of age. 157,775 (41.79%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.62% and 7.74% of the population respectively.[5]

Languages of Maval taluk (2011)[6]

  Marathi (82.93%)

  Hindi (8.90%)

  Marwari (1.24%)

  Gujarati (0.97%)

  Kannada (0.95%)

  Others (5.01%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.93% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.90% Hindi, 1.24% Marwari, 0.97% Gujarati and 0.95% Kannada as their first language.[6]

See also

• Talukas in Pune district
• List of villages in Mawal taluka

References

1. "Census of India 2011: Maharashtra: District Census Handbook Part B: Pune" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
2. "Census of India 2011: Maharashtra: District Census Handbook Part B: Pune" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. p. 420. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
3. "Census of India 2011: Maharashtra: District Census Handbook Part A: Pune" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. p. 1202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
4. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
5. "District Census Hand Book – Pune" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
6. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

Further reading

• Raeside, Ian (1978). "A Note on the 'Twelve Mavals' of Poona District". Modern Asian Studies. 12 (3): 393–417. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00006211. JSTOR 312227.