Jawahar taluka

Jawahar taluka is a taluka in the Palghar district of Maharashtra.

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.

Demographics
Jawahar taluka has a population of 140,187 according to the 2011 census. Jawahar had a literacy rate of 57.42% and a sex ratio of 1022 females per 1000 males. 23,284 (16.61%) are under 7 years of age. 12,040 (8.59%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.03% and 91.64% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.22% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 9.84% Varli, 2.09% Kukna, and 1.51% Hindi and 1.03% Urdu as their first language. 2.05% of the population spoke 'Others' under Marathi.