Washim district

Washim district

Washim is a district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. The area of the district is 5,150 km².

Demography

The district had a population of 1,020,216 of which 17.49% were urban as of 2001. [http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm]

History

Washim district was formed on 1 July 1998. 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. It again became a district in 1998.

Divisions

This district is divided into 2 sub-divisions and 6 talukas (tehsils). The talukas are Malegaon, Mangrulpir, Karanja, Manora, Washim and Risod. [ [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Indian Census] ]

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. [ [http://washim.nic.in/DOC/election.htm Washim district official website - election] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://washim.nic.in Washim district official website]

About 30 km away from Washim, famous Jain temple of "Parswanath" exists in Shirpur(Jain). Shirpur is also known as "Kashi of Jains". The control of the temple is disputed between Shwetambari Jains and Gujarati Jains.


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