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Velhe Taluka
Tehsil
Location of Velhe in Pune district in Maharashtra
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune district
Government
• Lok Sabha constituency	Baramati
• Assembly constituency	Bhor
Area
• Total	569.13 km (219.74 sq mi)
Population
• Total	54,516
• Density	96/km (250/sq mi)

Velhe Taluka, officially renamed as, Rajgad Taluka (Vēlhē tālukā), is a taluka in Haveli subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India. The Taluka is entirely rural, and consists of 130 villages.

Demographics

Velhe taluka has a population of 54,516 according to the 2011 census. Velhe had a literacy rate of 75.96% and a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males. 6,213 (11.40%) are under 7 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.83% and 3.73% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, Marathi was the predominant language, spoken by 98.73% of the population as their first language.

See also

• Mangdari

References

1. "Talukas in Pune district". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
2. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
3. "District Census Hand Book – Pune" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
4. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

• Talukas in Pune district
• Talukas in Maharashtra