Thane taluka


Thane taluka is a taluka in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division.
Thane taluka consists of three municipal corporations—Mira-Bhayandar, Thane and Navi Mumbai—and also few small villages. Three cities lies respectively on northern, north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Mumbai.
Municipal corporationPopulation, 2011 censusArea, km2
Thane1,841,488147
Mira-Bhayandar809,37879.4
Navi Mumbai1,120,547344
14 villages15,623
Total taluka3,787,046570

Thane district

Until 31 July 2014, Thane was the country's most populous district with a population of over 1.2 crore. 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.