Osmanabad taluka

Osmanabad taluka
tehsil
Dharashiv Taluka
Osmanabad taluka Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°11′N076°09′E / 18.183°N 76.150°E / 18.183; 76.150
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Population  (2011)
• Total	406,647
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency	Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Osmanabad and Tuljapur [1]

Osmanabad taluka officially known as Dharashiv taluka is a tahsil/taluka (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, India. The town of Osmanabad is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are 110 panchayat villages in Osmanabad Tahsil. ^[2]

Outside the city of Osmanabad, the tahsil is divided into five revenue circles: Bembli Dhoki Osmanabad (rural), Padoli and Ter.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Osmanabad Tahsil had a population of 359,234, with 187,063 (52.1%) males and 172,171 (47.9%) females, for a gender ratio of 920 females per thousand males. ^[3]

In the 2011 census, Osmanabad Tahsil had 406,647 inhabitants, or 24.5% of the total district population. ^[4] It had a gender ratio of 920 females per thousand males. ^[5] The tahsil was 72.4% rural. ^[4] The literacy rate in 2011 was 79.65% overall in Osmanabad Tahsil, with a rate of 87.65% for males and 71.03% for females. ^[6] In 2011 in Osmanabad Tahsil, 12.1% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age. ^[4]

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.
2. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Osmanabad, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
3. "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Osmanabad". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
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. 41.
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. "Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 17.