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Karjat
Town Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Karjat Location in the Maharashtra Show map of Maharashtra Karjat Location in India Show map of India
Coordinates: 18°55′00″N 73°19′48″E / 18.9167°N 73.33°E / 18.9167; 73.33
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Raigad
Taluka	Karjat
Government
• Body	Karjat Municipal Council
• President (Mayor)	Smt. Suvarna Tai Joshi
• Vice President	Ashok Oswal
• Municipal Council Chief Officer	Shri. Vaibhav Garve
• MLA	Mahendra Thorve (Karjat constituency)
Demonym	Karjatkar
Language
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	410201
Telephone code	02148
Vehicle registration	MH-46, MH-06

Karjat (Pronunciation: [kəɾd͡zət̪]) is a city administered under a Municipal Council in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is served by Karjat railway station. Karjat forms a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Karjat is located approximately at an equidistant of 100 km (62 mi) from Mumbai and Pune. The river Ulhas flows through the city.

In the 2011 Indian census, Karjat had a population of 29,663. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. The literacy rate in Karjat was 88.38%, higher than the state average of 82.34%. In Karjat, male literacy is around 91.65% while female literacy rate is 84.94%. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3039 which is 10.25% of the total population.^[1]

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