Jamkhed taluka


Jamkhed taluka, is a taluka in Karjat subdivision of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra State of India.

Area

The table below shows area of the taluka by land type.
Type of LandArea % of Total Area
Agriculture734.583.6
Forest37.724.29
Other106.412.11
Total878.62100

Villages

There are around 88 villages in Jamkhed taluka. For list of villages see Villages in Jamkhed taluka.

Population

Jamkhed taluka has a population of 158,380 according to the 2011 census. Jamkhed had a literacy rate of 63.69% and a sex ratio of 920 females per 1000 males. 34,017 lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.99% and 1.43% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.09% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 3.87% Hindi and 3.67% Urdu as their first language.

Rain Fall

The Table below details of rainfall from year 1981 to 2004.
YearRainfall
1981527
1982555
19831341
1984727
1985540
1986872
1987996
19881040
1989920
1990523
1991480
1993823
1994583.3
1995570
1996922
1997427
19981070
1999409
2000661
2001333
2002561
2003460
2004570