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{{About|a district in [[Maharashtra]]|a district in [[Chhattisgarh]]|Raigarh district}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Raigad district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Maharashtra|District]] of [[Maharashtra]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Hills Views From Raigad.jpg
| image_caption = Hills around [[Raigad Fort]]
| image_map = Raigad in Maharashtra (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Raigad district in Maharashtra
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Alibag
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Konkan division|Konkan]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Alibag]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. [[Alibag taluka|Alibag]], 2. [[Panvel]], 3. [[Murud taluka|Murud]], 4. [[Pen, India|Pen]], 5. [[Uran]], 6. [[Karjat taluka, Raigad|Karjat]], 7. [[Khalapur taluka|Khalapur]], 8. [[Mangaon]], 9. [[Roha]], 10. [[Sudhagad]], 11.[[Tala, Raigad|Tala]], 12. [[Mahad]], 13. [[Mhasala taluka|Mhasala]], 14. [[Shrivardhan]], 15. [[Poladpur]]
| area_total_km2 = 7152
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,634,200
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 36.91%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 92.33
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 975 per 1000 male
| governing_body = [[Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag]]
| leader_title = Guardian Minister
| leader_name = [[Aditi Sunil Tatkare]]
| leader_title4 = [[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha|MPs]]
| leader_name4 = [[Sunil Tatkare]] {{small|([[Raigad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raigad]])}}

[[Shrirang Barne]] {{small|([[Maval (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maval]])}}
<ref>[http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ecipdf/state_pc_Map/Maharashtra.pdf Election Commission website]</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag|President Z. P. Raigad]]
| leader_name1 = Yogita Pardhi
| leader_title2 = District Collector
| leader_name2 = Dr. Mahendra Kalyankar, IAS
| leader_title3 = [[Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag|CEO Z. P. Raigad]]
| leader_name3 = Dr. Kiran Patil, IAS
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)|NH-4]], [[National Highway 17 (India)|NH-17]]
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 3,884 mm
| website = {{URL|https://raigad.gov.in/en/}}
| official_name =
}}
'''Raigad District''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ɾaiɡəɖ]]]), previously known as '''Colaba District''', is an district in the [[Konkan division]] of [[Maharashtra, India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of districts in Maharashtra|url=http://districts.nic.in/disdetails.aspx?str_state=bXI=|website=districts.nic.in|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref> The district was renamed to [[Raigad fort|Raigad]] after the fort that was the first capital of the former [[Maratha Empire]], which in turn was renamed from its earlier name - Rairi. The fort is located in the interior regions of the district, in dense forests on a west-facing spur of the [[Western Ghats]] of Sahyadri Range. In 2011 the district had a population of 2,634,200, compared to 2,207,929 in 2001. The name was changed in the regime of Chief Minister A. R. Antulay on 1 January 1981.<ref>[http://www.marathimati.net/raigad-district/ रायगड जिल्हा]</ref> In 2011 urban dwellers had increased to 36.91% from 24.22% in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raigarh District Population 2011|publisher=Census Organisation of India|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/358-raigarh.html}}</ref> [[Alibag]] is the headquarters of Raigad district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Map|publisher=Government of Maharashtra|url=https://raigad.gov.in/en/map-of-district/|access-date= 7 January 2021}}</ref>

The district is bounded by [[Mumbai Harbour]] to the northwest, [[Thane district]] to the north, [[Pune district]] to the east, [[Ratnagiri district]] to the south and the [[Arabian Sea]] to the west. It includes the large natural harbour of Pen-Mandwa, which is immediately south of [[Mumbai harbour]], and forming a single landform with it.

The northern part of the district is included in the planned metropolis of [[Navi Mumbai]], consisting of [[Kharghar]], [[Ulwe|Ulve node]], [[New Panvel|New Panvel and Khanda Colony]], [[Taloja]], [[Kamothe]] and [[Kalamboli]] nodes as well as [[Uran|Uran City]] and its port, the [[Nhava Sheva|JNPT]].

The district includes cities/towns [[Kharghar]], [[Taloja]], [[Kalamboli]], [[Panvel]], [[Rasayani]], [[Karjat]], [[Khopoli]], [[Matheran]], [[Uran]], [[Pen, Maharashtra|Pen]], [[Alibag]], [[Murud, Raigad|Murud-Janjira]], [[Roha]], [[Nagothane]], [[Sudhagad|Sudhagad-Pali]], [[Mangaon]], [[Mhasla]], [[Shrivardhan]], [[Mahad]], [[Birwadi]], [[Poladpur]]. The largest city in terms of Population, Industrialization as well as Area is [[Panvel]]. The district also includes the isle of Gharapuri or [[Elephanta Island|Elephanta]], located in [[Uran]] which has ancient Hindu and Buddhist caves.

[[Kulaba district|Kulaba]] (also spelled Kolaba) district was split from [[Thane district]] in 1869. A major part of the population being Hindus, Bhoir, Bhagat, Patil, Mhatre, Naik, Thakur, are famous and native surnames in Raigad district. At this point, the northernmost parts of modern Raigad district were retained in [[Thane district]]. Panvel, just across the bay from [[Mumbai]], was not included in Kolaba district until 1883, and [[Karjat]], an area in the north-east corner of modern Raigad district, was not placed in Kolaba district until 1891. Kolaba district was subsequently renamed Raigad district.

==Officer==

=== Members of Parliament ===
[[Sunil Tatkare]] ([[Nationalist Congress Party]]) - [[Raigad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raigad]]

[[Shrirang Barne]] ([[Shiv Sena]]) - [[Maval (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maval]]

Raigad constituency is shared with Ratnagiri district while Maval constituency is shared with Pune district.

===Guardian Minister===

* [[Aditi Sunil Tatkare]]

===District Magistrate/Collector===

{{Infobox Political post
| post = District Magistrate / Collector Raigad
| native_name = जिल्हाधिकारी तथा जिल्हदंडाधिकरी रायगड
| insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of India
| image =
| incumbent = ''Dr. Mahendra Kalyankar, IAS''
| incumbentsince = 23 August 2021
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| imagesize =
| termlength = No time limit
| appointer = [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| residence = At Alibag [[Raigad district ]]
| formation =
| succession =
| website =
{{url|http://raigad.gov.in/en/}}
}}
====list of District Magistrate / Collector ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Term of office
|-
| Ms. Nidhi Chaudhary (IAS)
| Till 21 August 2021
|-
| Dr. Mahendra Kalyankar (IAS)
|23 August 2021 - Incumbent
|}

===District Justice===
*Shri. P.C. Bavaskar

===District Police Commissioner===

*Shri. Ashok T. Dudhe (IPS)

===President & Vice-President Zilla Parishad===

*President - Miss. Yogita Pardhi
*Vice-President - Mr. Sudhakar Ghare

===Chief Executive Officer Zilla Parishad===

*Dr. Kiran Patil (IAS)

===Sub-Divisional Officer===
01) Alibaug

02) pen

03) Panvel

04) Karjat

05) Roha

06) Mangaon

07) Shrivardhan

08) Mahad

===Tahasildar & Executive Magistrate===

*[[Alibag taluka|Alibag]] - Mr. Sachin Shezaal
*[[Karjat (Raigad) taluka|Karjat]] - Mr. Vikram Deshamukh
*[[Khalapur taluka|Khalapur]] - Mr. Iresh Chapalwar
*[[Mahad taluka|Mahad]] - Mr. Suresh Kashid
*[[Mangaon taluka|Mangaon]] - Mrs. Priyanka Aayre-Kamble
*[[Mhasala taluka|Mhasala]]
*[[Murud taluka|Murud]]
*[[Panvel taluka|Panvel]]
*[[Pen taluka|Pen]] - Mrs. Aruna Jadhav
*[[Poladpur taluka|Poladpur]]
*[[Roha taluka|Roha]]
*[[Shrivardhan taluka|Shrivardhan]] - Mr. Gosavi
*[[Sudhagad - Pali taluka|Sudhagad Pali]]
*[[Tala taluka|Tala]]
*[[Uran taluka|Uran]]

==Education==
After the British took over the old Colaba and this region, they established four Anglo-Vernacular medium school and 30 government schools in the year 1865–66. In the year 1861 the first school for girls was started in Alibag. The Mission Church started the first English school in Alibag in 1879. Prabhakar Patil Education Society (PNP education Society) runs 27 Institutes: Five Primary English & Marathi Schools, Twenty Seven Secondary Marathi Schools, One Arts, Science & Commerce Jr. & Sr. College, One English & Marathi Medium D. Ed College, One B. Ed. College, One Polytechnic Institute and One MMS College. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) established National Institute of Securities Markets at Patalganga, tal Khalapur. Two more old and valuable institutions in Raigad District named Vasantrao Naik College Murud And Mhasla, established by the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra [[A. R. Antulay]]

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==Administrative subdivisions==
Raigad district is divided into four subdivisions, with fifteen [[taluka]]s, and 1,967 villages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District details|publisher=Raigad District, Maharashtra State|url=http://raigad.gov.in/htmldocs/sub_division1.htm}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Subdivision
! Taluka
! km2
! Census 2001
! Census 2011
! Panchayats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Block Panchayats of Raigad, Maharashtra|publisher=National Panchayat Directory, Panchayat Informatics Division, National Informatics Centre, Government of India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=491&parenttype=D&ptype=B|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105133942/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=491&parenttype=D&ptype=B|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-11-05}}</ref>
! Villages
|-
| rowspan="2" |Alibag
| [[Alibag]]
| align="right" | 500
| align="right" | 221,661
| align="right" | 236,167
| align="right" | 62
| align="right" | 218
|-
| [[Murud, Raigad|Murud]]
| align="right" | 231
| align="right" | 72,046
| align="right" | 74,207
| align="right" | 24
| align="right" | 74
|-
| rowspan="1" |Pen
| [[Pen, India|Pen]]
| align="right" | 499
| align="right" | 176,681
| align="right" | 195,454
| align="right" | 63
| align="right" | 171
|-
| rowspan="2" |Panvel
| [[Panvel]]
| align="right" | 631
| align="right" | 422,522
| align="right" | 750,236
| align="right" | 90
| align="right" | 177
|-
| [[Uran]]
| align="right" | 184
| align="right" | 140,351
| align="right" | 160,303
| align="right" | 34
| align="right" | 62
|-
| rowspan="2" | Karjat
| [[Karjat taluka, Raigad|Karjat]]
| align="right" | 665
| align="right" | 184,420
| align="right" | 212,051
| align="right" | 50
| align="right" | 184
|-
| [[Khalapur taluka|Khalapur]]
| align="right" | 183
| align="right" | 183,604
| align="right" | 207,464
| align="right" | 42
| align="right" | 141
|-
| rowspan="2" | Roha
| [[Roha]]
| align="right" | 643
| align="right" | 161,750
| align="right" | 167,110
| align="right" | 62
| align="right" | 162
|-
| [[Sudhagad]]
| align="right" | 467
| align="right" | 62,852
| align="right" | 62,380
| align="right" | 34
| align="right" | 98
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mangaon
| [[Mangaon]]
| align="right" | 683
| align="right" | 152,270
| align="right" | 159,613
| align="right" | 74
| align="right" | 187
|-
| [[Tala, Raigad|Tala]]
| align="right" | 250
| align="right" | 42,869
| align="right" | 40,619
| align="right" | 26
| align="right" | 61
|-
| rowspan="2" |Shrivardhan
| [[Shrivardhan]]
| align="right" | 120
| align="right" | 85,071
| align="right" | 83,027
| align="right" | 43
| align="right" | 78
|-
| [[Mhasla]]
| align="right" | 236
| align="right" | 61,010
| align="right" | 59,914
| align="right" | 40
| align="right" | 84
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mahad
| [[Mahad]]
| align="right" | 1,257
| align="right" | 186,521
| align="right" | 180,191
| align="right" | 134
| align="right" | 183
|-
| [[Poladpur]]
| align="right" | 373
| align="right" | 54,301
| align="right" | 45,464
| align="right" | 43
| align="right" | 87
|-
| align="center" | Total
| align="right" | 15
| align="right" | 7,152
| align="right" | 2,207,929
| align="right" | 2,634,200
| align="right" | 821
| align="right" | 1,967
|}

==Municipal Civic Bodies in Raigad District==
===Municipal Corporations===
* [[Panvel Municipal Corporation|Panvel]] (in [[Navi Mumbai]] city)

===SPAs===
Special Planning Authorities operational in Raigad district are
*[[MMRDA]]
*[[CIDCO]]
*[[Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area|NAINA]]

===Municipal Councils===
* [[Matheran]]
* [[Karjat]]
* [[Khopoli]]
* [[Uran]]
* [[Pen, India|Pen]]
* [[Alibaug|Alibag]]
* [[Murud, Raigad|Murud-Janjira]]
* [[Roha]]
* [[Shrivardhan]]
* [[Mahad]]
* [[Mangaon]]

===Nagar Panchayats===
*[[Neral, India|Neral]]
*[[Poladpur]]
*[[Khalapur]]
*[[Tala, Raigad|Tala]]
*[[Mhasla]]
*[[Sudhagad]]

===Proposed Municipal Councils===
* [[Rees-Mohopada]]
* [[Neral-Mamdapur]]
* [[Sudhagad|Pali-Sudhagad]]
* [[Tala, Raigad|Tala]]
* [[Mhasla]]
* [[Poladpur]]

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,21,083|13=1911|14=7,14,371|15=1921|16=6,77,586|17=1931|18=7,56,315|19=1941|20=8,05,157|21=1951|22=9,09,083|23=1961|24=10,58,855|25=1971|26=12,63,003|27=1981|28=14,86,452|29=1991|30=18,24,816|31=2001|32=22,07,929|33=2011|34=26,34,200|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Raigad district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,634,200,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Kuwait 2,595,62
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Nevada 2,700,551
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 153rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 368 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.31%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Raigad has a [[sex ratio]] of 959 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 83.14%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Raigad district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Maharashtra|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|85.01}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|#008000|8.64}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism|Buddhists]]|mediumblue|4.62}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|dodgerblue|0.66}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|1.07}}
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 79.04% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 7.06% [[Hindi]] and 4.85% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 5.12% and 11.58% of the population respectively. The most populous tribes are the [[Katkari people|Katkari]], [[Thakar (tribe)|Thakar]] and [[Koli people|Mahadev Koli]].<ref>[http://timesofraigad.in/raigad-district-gazetteer/ 2008 Revised Gazetteer of Raigad]</ref>
== Transport ==
Raigad District is connected to Mumbai by [[Sion Panvel Expressway]]. The [[Mumbai-Pune expressway]] and [[National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)|NH4]] passes through [[Panvel]]. [[NH 66]], which starts at Panvel, traverses the whole district. The [[Konkan Railway]] line starts at [[Roha]] and passes through [[Mangaon]] and [[Veer railway station|Veer]] in [[Mahad]]. The [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway]] Line of Mumbai to Pune passes through [[Karjat]] with Extension Line for Karjat to [[Khopoli]]. [[Panvel railway station|Panvel Junction]] is the most important railway station in the district; it is connected to Mumbai (by both the Harbour Line and Main Line of Central Railway), Thane (by Trans-Harbour Line), Roha, Vasai (Western Railway) and Karjat. All trains, ranging from passengers to Rajdhanis stop here, and it is considered the gateway for travelling south. There is a [[narrow gauge railroad]] from [[Neral, India|Neral]] to [[Matheran]], called the [[Matheran Hill Railway]]. The main ports are [[JNPT]], Mandava, Revas, [[Murud, Raigad|Murud]], [[DMIC|Dighi]] and [[Shrivardhan]] .

==University==
*[[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University]] is a unitary, [[autonomous university]] located at [[Lonere]] in Raigad district, established in 1989 under the Government of Maharashtra Act 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Grant Commission|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/uni_contactinfo.aspx?id=240|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://raigad.nic.in/ Site of Raigad District]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Raigad district
|North = [[Thane district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Pune district]]
|Southeast = [[Satara district]]
|South = [[Ratnagiri district]]
|Southwest =
|West = ''[[Arabian Sea]]''
|Northwest = [[Mumbai City district]]
}}

{{Maharashtra}}
{{Raigad district topics}}
{{Authority control}}

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