{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Velhe Taluka | settlement_type = Tehsil | native_name = | image_map = Velhe tehsil in Pune district.png | map_caption = Location of Velhe in Pune district in Maharashtra | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Maharashtra | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Pune district | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = | parts_type = Major villages | parts_style = para | p1 = | leader_title = Tehsildar | leader_name = | leader_title1 = Lok Sabha constituency | leader_name1 = Baramati | leader_title2 = Assembly constituency | leader_name2 = Bhor | leader_title3 = MLA | leader_name3 = | population_total = 54516 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_urban = | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 569.13 | population_density_km2 = auto | website = | footnotes = }} '''Velhe Taluka''' (''Vēlhē tālukā''), officially renamed as, '''Rajgad Taluka''', is a taluka in Haveli subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pune.gov.in/maps/tahsilmaps.html |title=Talukas in Pune district |access-date=2010-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310230609/http://pune.gov.in/maps/tahsilmaps.html |archive-date=2010-03-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Taluka is entirely rural, and consists of 130 villages.

== Demographics == {{bar box |title=Religions in Velhe 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|Buddhism|mediumblue|3.68}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|0.74}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|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.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Pune |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/820/download/2927/DH_2011_2725_PART_A_DCHB_PUNE.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref>

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.<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>

==See also== *Mangdari ==References== {{Reflist}}

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