Pen taluka

Pen taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.^[1][2]

Pen
Taluka
Pen Location in the Maharashtra state of India
Coordinates: 18.739°N 73.097°E / 18.739; 73.097
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Konkan Division
District	Raigad
Headquarters	Pen
Government
• Body	Panchayat Samiti Pen Raigad
• Chairperson	NA
• Tehsildar	NA
• MP	Sunil Tatkare (Raigad Constituency)
• MLA	Ravisheth Patil (Pen constituency)
Area
• Total	1,503.61 km2 (580.55 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	205,585
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Penkar
Language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	410206/ 410217/ 410208/410218
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 circled 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 Pen taluk (2011)[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			95.48%
Islam			1.79%
Buddhism			1.75%
Other or not stated			0.98%

Pen taluka has a population of 195,454 according to the 2011 census. Pen had a literacy rate of 77.90% and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. 21,884 (11.20%) are under 7 years of age. 12,216 (16.46%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.28% and 16.58% of the population respectively.^[4]

Languages of Pen taluk (2011)^[5]

  Marathi (92.24%)

  Hindi (2.46%)

  'Other' Marathi (2.02%)

  Urdu (0.93%)

  Others (2.35%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.24% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 2.46% Hindi and 0.93% Urdu as their first language. 2.02% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.^[5]

References

1. "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके – महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar (in Marathi). 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
2. "Details of Sub-Divisions, Tahasils, Villages, Circles and Sazzas in Raigad district". Raigad District Collectorate. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
3. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
4. "District Census Hand Book – Raigad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
5. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.