Washim district

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

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

History
Washim district was formed on 1 July, 1998 CE. Washim was once known as, the capital of the line of  dynasaty. In the year, during the period of the , Washim district was bifurcated into two separate districts, namely, and.

Divisions
This district is divided into 2 sub-divisions and 6 talukas (tehsils). The talukas are, , , , and.

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.