Roha taluka

Roha taluka is a taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra an Indian state.

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 taluka|Sudhagad Pali], Tala and Uran.

Demographics

Roha taluka has a population of 167,110 according to the 2011 census. Roha had a literacy rate of 81.52% and a sex ratio of 951 females per 1000 males. 17,763 are under 7 years of age. 47,335 lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.08% and 13.12% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 [Census of India], 85.23% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 5.41% Urdu and 4.55% Hindi as their first language.