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General Information
Capital- Mumbai
Largest city- Mumbai
Population (2001)- 96,752,247
Density- 314.42 per sq km
Urban population- 42.4%.
Sex Ratio: 922 females to 1000 males
Literacy Rate: 77.27%
Area- 307,713 sq km
Districts- 35
Official language- Marathi
Maharashtra is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population. It is bordered by the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Only about 2/3rds of its people are Marathi speaking. In Mumbai, Hindi, Gujarati, English and a variety of other languages are widely spoken along with Marathi. Ahirani, Konkani, Malvani, Deshi and Varhadi are dialects peculiar to various regions in the state.
The state has a Hindu majority of 80.2% with minorities of Muslims 10.6%, Buddhists 6%, Jains 1.3% and Christians 1%. Maharashtra has the biggest Jain, Zoroastrian and Jewish populations in India. |
