- Source: Maval taluka
Maval taluka is a taluka in Mawal subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the taluka comprised 187 villages, a figure that was unchanged from 2001. There were also three census towns at that time - Wadagaon, Khadkale and Kusgaon Budruk. The census towns had their own governing bodies, whilst the gram panchayats which governed the villages numbered 100; there were two villages - Ahirvade and Kamshet - which had no official governing body.
Demographics
Maval taluka has a population of 377,559 according to the 2011 census. Maval had a literacy rate of 82.38% and a sex ratio of 902 females per 1000 males. 46,644 (12.35%) are under 7 years of age. 157,775 (41.79%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.62% and 7.74% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.93% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.90% Hindi, 1.24% Marwari, 0.97% Gujarati and 0.95% Kannada as their first language.
See also
Talukas in Pune district
List of villages in Mawal taluka
References
Further reading
Raeside, Ian (1978). "A Note on the 'Twelve Mavals' of Poona District". Modern Asian Studies. 12 (3): 393–417. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00006211. JSTOR 312227.