Maval taluka

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

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

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]

1. Marathi (82.93%)
2. Hindi (8.9%)
3. Marwari (1.24%)
4. Gujarati (0.97%)
5. Kannada (0.95%)
6. 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