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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Washi Tahsil
| native_name = वाशी तालुका
| native_name_lang = mr
| other_name = Vashi Tahsil, Vasi Tahsil, Wasi Tahsil
| nickname =
| settlement_type = tehsil
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18|32|N|075|45|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Osmanabad district|Osmanabad]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 92173
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Osmanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Osmanabad]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Paranda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Paranda]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Government of India|url=http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Mah_Maps/Osmanabad.pdf}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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'''Washi Tahsil''' is a ''[[tehsil|tahsil/taluka]]'' (subdistrict) in [[Osmanabad district]], [[Maharashtra]] on the Deccan Plateau of [[India]]. The town of [[Washi, Osmanabad|Washi]] is the administrative headquarters of the ''tahsil''. There are forty-three [[panchayat village]]s in Washi Tahsil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India| url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4501&parenttype=B&ptype=V}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=27&district_code=29}}</ref>

In the 2011 census, Washi Tahsil had 92,173 inhabitants<ref name="PR-2">{{Cite web|title=Population, Child Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra|page=40|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/English/PDF/E2012_PR3297.PDF}}</ref> and a gender ratio of 918 females per thousand males.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0-6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra|page=8|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/English/PDF/E2012_PR3298.PDF}}</ref> The tahsil was 100% rural.<ref name="PR-2" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra|page=17|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/English/PDF/E2012_PR3299.PDF}}</ref> In 2011 in Washi Tahsil, 11.3% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.<ref name="PR-2" /> 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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