{{Short description|Taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
'''Dahanu taluka''' is a taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra an Indian state.<ref name="Prahar-20141127">{{cite news|url=http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 |title=महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या. |date=2014-11-27 |work=Prahar |accessdate=2015-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722032645/http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 |archivedate=2015-07-22 }}</ref>
==Thane district== On 1 August 2014, the talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgadh, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar.<ref name="TimesOfIndia-20140614">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/Thane-district-will-finally-be-split-into-2-parts-from-August-15/articleshow/36516533.cms|title=Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15|last=Tembhekar|first=Chittaranjan |author2=Sanjeev Shivadekar|date=2014-06-14|work=Times of India|accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>
== Demographics == {{bar box |title=Religions in Dahanu taluk (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> |titlebar=#FCD116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|95.37}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|2.94}} {{bar percent|Jainism|pink|0.69}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|1.00}} }}
Dahanu taluka has a population of 402,095 according to the 2011 census. Dahanu had a literacy rate of 60.19% and a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males. 60,433 (15.03%) are under 7 years of age. 63,933 (15.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.62% and 69.11% of the population respectively.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Thane |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/834/download/36204/DH_2011_2721_PART_A_DCHB_THANE.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref>
{{Pie chart |thumb = right |caption = Languages of Dahanu taluk (2011)<ref name="langs" /> |label1 = Marathi |value1 = 65.84 |color1 = red |label2 = Varli |value2 = 17.79 |color2 = mediumvioletred |label3 = Gujarati |value3 = 7.87 |color3 = skyblue |label4 = Hindi |value4 = 4.45 |color4 = orange |label5 = Others |value5 = 4.05 |color5 = grey }}
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 65.84% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 17.79% Varli, 7.87% Gujarati and 4.45% Hindi as their first language.<ref name="langs">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref>
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