Mangaon taluka

Mangaon taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Raigad district
As of August 2015, there were 8 sub-divisions, 15 talukas, 1970 villages, 60 revenue circles 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.

Demographics
Mangaon taluka has a population of 159,613 according to the 2011 census. Mangaon had a literacy rate of 79.87% and a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males. 17,637 (11.05%) are under 7 years of age. 18,535 (11.61%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.63% and 8.97% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 79.74% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 13.96% Urdu and 1.49% Hindi as their first language. 1.81% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Marathi.

Tripublisher
A news story dated November 28, 2020 reports the appointment of Lalita Babar, international athlete and Arjun Award winner as tahasildar of Mangaon.