 At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 94.50% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 4.25% Bhili, 0.65% Sindhi, 0.53% Gujarati and 0.40% Konkani as their first language.The languages spoken in Jalgaon include Ahirani, a dialect of Khandeshi with approximately 780,000 speakers, similar to Marathi and Bhili; Palya Bareli, a Bhil language with approximately 10,000 speakers, centred in Madhya Pradesh; and Rathwi Bareli, a Bhil language with approximately 64,000 speakers, written in the Devanagari script and mutually unintelligible with Palya Bareli.Kavayatri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University was established in the city of Jalgaon on 15 August 1989 and serves as the regional university.