Uran taluka

Uran 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
Uran taluka has a population of 160,303 according to the 2011 census. Uran had a literacy rate of 85.69% and a sex ratio of 934 females per 1000 males. 18,784 (11.72%) are under 7 years of age. 69,475 (43.34%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.47% and 4.76% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.49% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.18% Hindi, 3.05% Urdu as their first language.