Online Quran Classes in Maharashtra

Why an online maktab works in Maharashtra

Maharashtra's Muslim families live in very different places: the dense neighbourhoods of Mumbai, Bhiwandi and Malegaon, the old Nizam-era towns of Marathwada, the Konkani villages of the coast and the small, scattered communities of eastern Vidarbha. The obstacle to a child's daily Quran class changes with the place — a parent's commute in Thane, loom shifts in Bhiwandi, coaching classes in Latur, or simply no maktab within reach in Gadchiroli — but it is almost always travel or time.

An online maktab removes both. The student learns at home, on a phone, with a qualified teacher on a synchronized Quran screen, five days a week, at a time the family chooses. Where a good local maktab exists, many families keep it for community and add online lessons for personal progress.

Find your district

Each district page lists every taluka, the district's Muslim population at the 2011 Census, and what online classes look like for families there.

Konkan

The coastal strip from Palghar to Sindhudurg, including Mumbai and Thane. The largest Muslim populations in the state live here — in Mumbai, Bhiwandi and Mumbra — alongside the old Konkani Muslim communities of the Raigad and Ratnagiri coast.

Western Maharashtra

Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur. Muslim families here are spread through large cities and many mid-sized towns, from Miraj and Ichalkaranji to Solapur and Karad.

North Maharashtra

Nashik, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon and Ahmednagar (Ahilyanagar). Home to Malegaon, one of Maharashtra's largest Muslim-majority cities, and to the Khandesh towns along the Tapi.

Marathwada

The eight districts that were part of the Nizam's Hyderabad State until 1948. Dakhni Urdu is still a home language for many families, and Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) has the highest Muslim share of any district outside Mumbai.

Vidarbha

The eleven districts of the east, from Buldhana to Gadchiroli. Akola, Amravati and Buldhana have large Muslim communities; the forested eastern districts have small, scattered ones where a local maktab can be hard to find.

All 36 districts, by Muslim population

Figures are from the Census of India 2011, the most recent census with religion data. Palghar's figures are for the talukas that formed the district in 2014.

How much do the classes cost?

The maktab circle is ₹1,000 a month for five live classes a week in a group of never more than ten; one-to-one is ₹5,000 a month for the same five classes with a teacher of your own. Both include the parent dashboard — attendance, memorisation log, report cards and certificates. See pricing.

What can students learn?

The Noorani Qaida for beginners, Tajweed, a structured Hifz course, Tafsir and Quranic Arabic — for children from about four years old and for adults of any age. Women and girls can ask for a female teacher.