Shevgaon taluka

Shevgaon taluka
Tehsil
Location of Shevgaon in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmednagar district
Headquarters	Ahmednagar
Area
• Total	1,031.85 km^2 (398.40 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	245,714
• Density	240/km^2 (620/sq mi)

Shevgaon taluka is a taluka in Ahmednagar subdivision of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra state of India.[1]

Area

The table below shows area of the taluka by land type.[2]

Type of Land	Area (km^2)	% of Total Area
Agriculture	913.19	88.5
Forest	11.57	1.12
Other	107.09	10.38
Total	1031.85	100

Villages

There are around 112 villages in Shevgaon taluka. For list of villages see Villages in Shevgaon taluka.

Population

Religions in Shevgaon taluk (2011)[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			90.65%
Islam			7.93%
Buddhism			0.42%
Other or not stated			1.00%

Shevgaon taluka has a population of 245,714 according to the 2011 census. Shevgaon had a literacy rate of 73.94% and a sex ratio of 953 females per 1000 males. The entire population lives in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.72% and 1.91% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages of Shevgaon taluk (2011)[5]

  Marathi (89.88%)

  Hindi (4.41%)

  Urdu (3.30%)

  Vadari (0.98%)

  Others (1.43%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.88% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 4.41% Hindi, 3.30% Urdu and 0.98% Vadari as their first language.[5]

Rain Fall

The table below details rainfall from 1981 to 2004.[6]

Year	Rainfall (mm)
1981	-	1982	407
1983	563
1984	309
1985	247
1986	422
1987	596
1988	824
1989	730
1990	697
1991	391
1992	369
1993	519
1994	584.6
1995	363
1996	782
1997	226
1998	780
1999	366
2000	531
2001	349
2002	449
2003	320
2004	715

See also

• Talukas in Ahmednagar district
• Murashatpur
• (Swayambu Ganesh Mandir -Avhane B.K.)
• Shri Maruti Mandir Garadwadi

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References

1. Talukas in Ahmednagar district
2. Talukas geographic information
3. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
4. "District Census Hand Book – Ahmednagar" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
5. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
6. Rainfall information of Ahemadnagar district