Velhe taluka

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Velhe Taluka
Location of Velhe in Pune district in Maharashtra
Location of Velhe in Pune district in Maharashtra
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune district
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencyBaramati
 • Assembly constituencyBhor
Area
 • Total569.13 km2 (219.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total54,516
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)

Velhe Taluka, officially renamed as, Rajgad Taluka (Vēlhē tālukā), is a taluka in Haveli subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India.[1] The Taluka is entirely rural, and consists of 130 villages.

Demographics[edit]

Religions in Velhe taluk (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
95.37%
Buddhism
3.68%
Islam
0.74%
Other or not stated
0.21%

Velhe taluka has a population of 54,516 according to the 2011 census. Velhe had a literacy rate of 75.96% and a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males. 6,213 (11.40%) are under 7 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.83% and 3.73% of the population respectively.[3]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, Marathi was the predominant language, spoken by 98.73% of the population as their first language.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Talukas in Pune district". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  3. ^ "District Census Hand Book – Pune" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.