Editing Valsad (section)

== Demographics ==
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|title=Religions in Valsad city
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|85.04}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|10.31}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism|Jains]]|pink|2.55}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|blue|1.24}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.8}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (0.2%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (0.11%).</small>
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As of the 2011 India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Valsad (metropolitan area) has a population of 170,060. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Valsad has an average literacy rate of 91.66%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Male literacy is 94.62%, and female literacy is 88.58%.

The major language spoken is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. Other languages spoken are [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[English language|English]].

The major religion followed in Valsad is Hinduism. Other religions followed are [[Islam]], [[Christianity]], Jainism, [[Zoroastrianism]] and [[Buddhism]].