Washi_Tahsil

Washi taluka

Washi taluka

Tehsil in Maharashtra, India

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]

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Demographics

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

  1. [1]
    "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India.
  2. [2]
    "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
  3. [3]
    "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  4. [4]
    "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.
  5. [5]
    "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.
  6. [6]
    "Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 17.

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