Murud taluka

Murud taluka is a subdistrict/upazila/tehsil in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.^[1][2]

Murud
Taluka
Murud Location in the Maharashtra state of India
Coordinates: 18.329°N 72.960°E / 18.329; 72.960
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Konkan Division
District	Raigad
Headquarters	Murud, Raigad
Government
• Body	Panchayat Samiti Murud Raigad
• Chairperson	Mrs. Nita Nilesh Dhatwal
• Tehsildar	-
• MP	Sunil Tatkare (Raigad Constituency)
• MLA	Mahendra Dalvi (Alibag constituency)
Area
• Total	1,503.61 km2 (580.55 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	205,585
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Murudkar
Language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	402401
Telephone code	02141
Vehicle registration	MH-46, MH-06

Raigad district

As of August 2015, there were 8 sub-divisions, 15 talukas, 1970 villages, 60 revenue circles 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 Murud taluk (2011)[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			76.34%
Islam			20.33%
Buddhism			1.58%
Christianity			1.20%
Other or not stated			0.55%

Murud taluka has a population of 74,207 according to the 2011 census. Murud had a literacy rate of 83.49% and a sex ratio of 1039 females per 1000 males. 7,561 (10.19%) are under 7 years of age. 12,216 (16.46%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.54% and 18.30% of the population respectively.^[4]

Languages of Murud taluk (2011)^[5]

1. Marathi (73.8%)
2. Urdu (19.0%)
3. 'Other' Marathi (2.34%)
4. Hindi (2.01%)
5. Others (2.90%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 73.76% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 18.99% Urdu and 2.01% Hindi as their first language. 2.34% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.^[5]