Washim district

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Washim is a district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. Area of the district is 5150 km².

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[edit] Demography

The district had a population of 1,020,216 of which 17.49% were urban as of 2001. [1]

[edit] History

Washim district was formed on 1 July, 1998 CE. Washim was once known as Vatsagulma, the capital of the Vatsagulma line of Vakataka dynasaty. In the year 1905, during the period of the British Raj, Washim district was bifurcated into two separate districts, namely, Akola District and Yeotmal District.

[edit] Divisions

This district is divided into 2 sub-divisions and 6 talukas (tehsils). The talukas are Malegaon, Mangrulpir, Karanja, Manora, Washim and Risod.[1]

There are 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district. These are Medshi, Washim (SC), Mangrulpir and Karanja. Washim is the only Lok Sabha constituency of the district, consisting of all 4 Assembly segments of the district and two assembly segments of Yeotmal district.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Names of the Tahsils of India
  2. ^ Washim district official website - election

[edit] External links

Washim district official website

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About 30 km away from Washim Famous Jain temple of "Parswanath"is in Shirpur(Jain)isthere. this Shirpur is also known as "Kashi of Jains".This temple is disputed. this dispute is in between Shweatambari Jain & Gujrathi Jains,. From:- Dr.S.U.Raut