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]

Washi Tahsil वाशी तालुका Vashi Tahsil, Vasi Tahsil, Wasi Tahsil
tehsil
Washi Tahsil Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°32′N 075°45′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]

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.

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