Dahanu taluka has a population of 402,095 according to the 2011 census. Dahanu had a literacy rate of 60.19% and a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males. 60,433 (15.03%) are under 7 years of age. 63,933 (15.90%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.62% and 69.11% of the population respectively. At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 65.84% of the population in the district spoke
Marathi, 17.79%
Varli, 7.87%
Gujarati and 4.45%
Hindi as their first language. ==References==