Palghar taluka has a population of 550,166 according to the 2011 census. Palghar had a literacy rate of 80.69% and a sex ratio of 907 females per 1000 males. 69,554 (12.64%) are under 7 years of age. 225,380 (40.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.09% and 30.56% of the population respectively. At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 70.91% of the population in the district spoke
Marathi, 16.61%
Hindi, 2.65%
Gujarati, 2.29%
Urdu, 2.10%
Bhojpuri and 1.08%
Marwari as their first language. ==References==