Washi taluka
Washi Tahsil
Vashi Tahsil, Vasi Tahsil, Wasi Tahsil | |
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tehsil | |
  Washi Tahsil Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°32′N 075°45′E / 18.533°N 75.750°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Osmanabad |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 92,173 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Osmanabad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Paranda[1] |
Washi Tahsil is a tahsil/taluka (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra on the Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Washi is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are forty-three panchayat villages in Washi Tahsil.[2]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2001 Indian census, Washi Tahsil had a population of 95,434, with 49,346 (51.7%) males and 46,088 (48.3%) females, for a gender ratio of 934 females per thousand males.[3]
In the 2011 census, Washi Tahsil had 92,173 inhabitants[4] and a gender ratio of 918 females per thousand males.[5] The tahsil was 100% rural.[4] The literacy rate in 2011 was 75.09% overall in Washi Tahsil, with a rate of 85.26% for males and 64.22% for females.[6] In 2011 in Washi Tahsil, 11.3% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.[4] There was no explanation for the decrease in population from 2001 to 2010 for the tahsil, but the village of Washi suffered even a higher percentage decrease.
References
[edit]- ^ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India.
- ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
- ^ "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
- ^ a b c "Population, Child Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 40.
- ^ "Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0-6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 8.
- ^ "Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 17.
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