Pen taluka

Pen taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.[1][2]

Pen
Pen
Location in the Maharashtra state of India
Coordinates: 18.739°N 73.097°E / 18.739; 73.097
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DivisionKonkan Division
DistrictRaigad
HeadquartersPen
Government
  BodyPanchayat Samiti Pen Raigad
  ChairpersonNA
  TehsildarNA
  MPSunil Tatkare
(Raigad Constituency)
  MLARavisheth Patil
(Pen constituency)
Area
  Total1,503.61 km2 (580.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total205,585
  Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
DemonymPenkar
Language
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
410206/ 410217/ 410208/410218
Telephone code02141
Vehicle registrationMH-46, MH-06

Raigad district

As of August 2015, there were 8 sub-divisions, 15 talukas, 1970 villages, 60 revenue circled and 350 sazzas in Raigad district. The talukas being Alibag, Karjat, Khalapur, Mahad, Mangaon, Mhasala, Murud, Panvel, Pen, Poladpur, Roha, Shrivardhan, Sudhagad-Pali, Tala and Uran.[2]

Demographics

Religions in Pen taluk (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
95.48%
Islam
1.79%
Buddhism
1.75%
Other or not stated
0.98%

Pen taluka has a population of 195,454 according to the 2011 census. Pen had a literacy rate of 77.90% and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. 21,884 (11.20%) are under 7 years of age. 12,216 (16.46%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.28% and 16.58% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages of Pen taluk (2011)[5]

  Marathi (92.24%)
  Hindi (2.46%)
  'Other' Marathi (2.02%)
  Urdu (0.93%)
  Others (2.35%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.24% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 2.46% Hindi and 0.93% Urdu as their first language. 2.02% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.[5]

References


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