Maktab QuranLearning the Quran in Raigad
Raigad's Muslim history is older than most of Maharashtra's. The coastal towns of Murud and Shrivardhan belonged to Janjira State, ruled until 1948 by the Siddi Nawabs from the island fortress of Murud-Janjira. Konkani Muslim families along this coast — in Murud, Shrivardhan, Mhasala, Mahad and Roha — have lived here for centuries, and many have relatives working in the Gulf.
About 2.3 lakh Muslims lived in Raigad at the 2011 Census, around one resident in twelve. The district has two halves: Panvel, Uran and Khalapur in the north are now part of the Navi Mumbai growth zone, while the south is small coastal and hill towns with long bus journeys between them.
For a Konkani family whose father is in Dubai, Muscat or Riyadh, an online lesson has a practical advantage: the parent abroad can follow the child's progress through the parent dashboard, not just hear about it over the phone. For families in the southern talukas, it simply means a qualified teacher five days a week without the journey to a bigger town.
Which talukas of Raigad do you cover?
All of them. Lessons are online, so a family in any of Raigad district's 15 talukas — Pen, Alibag, Murud, Panvel, Uran, Karjat, Khalapur, Mangaon, Tala, Roha, Sudhagad-Pali, Mahad, Poladpur, Shrivardhan and Mhasala — gets the same teachers, the same courses and the same class times, in town or village.
| Taluka | What to know |
|---|---|
| Murud | Home of the Murud-Janjira sea fort, seat of the former Janjira State. |
| Panvel | Municipal corporation in the Navi Mumbai area. |
| Uran | Port taluka next to JNPT. |
| Mahad | Inland town on the Mumbai–Goa highway. |
| Shrivardhan | Coastal town, part of the former Janjira State. |
| Mhasala | Coastal taluka with an old Konkani Muslim community. |
How does a family in Raigad start?
- Email us at info@maktab-quran.com or join as a student — tell us the student's age, level and the times that suit you.
- Free trial lesson. We book a live trial at your time; nothing is charged.
- We match the teacher. Tell us what you would like — a female teacher, an Urdu speaker — and our office confirms the match.
- Five classes a week begin, and you follow progress on the parent dashboard.
Will my child understand the teacher?
Almost certainly. Our teachers explain in Urdu, Hindi or English, and they are used to children whose home language is something else. A child from Murud who speaks Marathi at school and Dakhni or Urdu at home will usually be comfortable with an Urdu- or Hindi-speaking teacher. We do not have Marathi-speaking teachers yet. The free trial is the easy way to check.
Which course is right for my child?
It depends on where your child is today. Cannot read Arabic yet: the Noorani Qaida. Reads, but with mistakes: Tajweed. Reads well and wants to memorise: Hifz. Wants to understand: Tafsir or Quranic Arabic. You do not need to decide alone — the teacher assesses your child at the free trial. More on our Quran for kids page.
Women teachers for women students
A female student in Raigad can always ask for a female teacher, and most of our teachers are women. Lessons are private and at home, on a synchronized Quran screen, so there is no travel and no mixed class. Mothers often start alongside their children. See Quran classes for women.
Is it affordable?
We built the maktab circle so that cost is never the reason a child in Raigad cannot learn: ₹1,000 a month for five live classes a week, about ₹50 a class, in a group of no more than ten. For a private teacher, one-to-one is ₹5,000 a month. No hidden fees, month to month, free trial first. See pricing.
Is online as good as a class in person?
For recitation and Tajweed, a one-to-one online lesson is usually more thorough than a crowded class, because the teacher hears the student for the whole lesson and corrects each mistake straight away. What it cannot give is the community of a local maktab. In Raigad, where many families live far from a structured class, online is often the only daily option. Read what a maktab is.