Karmala
Taluka
Location of Karmala
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
DistrictSolapur District
HeadquartersKarmala
Area
[1]
 • Total1,609.7 km2 (621.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total254,489
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
 • Sex ratio
925
ISO 3166 codeIN-MH
Villages122[1]
Revenue circles6
Average rainfall50.6 mm

Karmala Taluka is one of the 11 talukas of Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Parts of the movie Sairat were shot in this taluka.[2] Its headquarters are in the town of Karmala.

Demographic

Religions in Karmala taluka (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 93.44%
Islam
 
 5.20%
Jainism
 
 0.76%
Other or not stated
 
 0.60%

At the time of the 2011 census, the taluka had a population of 254,489. Karmala taluka had a sex ratio of 918 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 75.52% for the population 7 years and above. 12.20% of the population is under 6 years of age. 23,199 (9.12%) live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.84% and 1.70% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages of Karmala taluka (2011)[5]

  Marathi (92.56%)
  Hindi (4.23%)
  Others (3.21%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.56% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi and 4.23% Hindi as their first language.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Karmala Taluka facts" (PDF). Collectorate of Solapur. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sairat tree falls to selfie burden". Mumbai Mirror. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Population by Religion - Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  4. ↑ "District Census Hand Book – Solapur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.


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