[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.
Bhiwandi had a literacy rate of 79.31% and a sex ratio of 746 females per 1000 males.
[6] Languages of Bhiwandi taluk (2011)[7] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 34.67% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 34.15% Urdu, 17.78% Hindi, 4.39% Telugu, 2.41% Gujarati, 2.23% Bhojpuri and 1.40% Marwari as their first language.
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