[3] On 1 August 2014, the talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgad, 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.
Murbad had a literacy rate of 76.17% and a sex ratio of 961 females per 1000 males.
[6] Languages of Murbad taluk (2011)[7] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 95.16% of the population in the district spoke Marathi and 3.10% Hindi as their first language.
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