Ambernath taluka is a taluka in Thane district of Maharashtra in Konkan division. Ambernath taluka consist cities like Ambernath and Badlapur.
Proposed Municipal Corporations:
Municipal Councils:
Until 31 July 2014, Thane was the country's most populous district with a population of over 1.2 crore.[3] On 1 August 2014, the talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgadh, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar. The talukas Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Murbad and Shahapur were retained in Thane district.[4]
Ambarnath taluka has a population of 565,340 according to the 2011 census. Ambarnath had a literacy rate of 87.07% and a sex ratio of 914 females per 1000 males. 65,053 (11.51%) are under 7 years of age. 440,329 (77.89%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.39% and 6.41% of the population respectively.[5]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 63.61% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 14.63% Hindi, 3.06% Urdu, 2.93% Telugu, 2.55% Kannada, 2.53% Bhojpuri, 2.34% Tamil, 1.80% Malayalam and 1.30% Gujarati as their first language.[6]