Barshi taluka

Barshi taluka

बार्शी तालुका
Barshi taluka बार्शी तालुका
Tehsil
	Location of Barshi Taluka in Solapur District
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur District
Headquarters	Barshi
Government
• Tahsildar	B. R. Mali
Area
• Total	1,433.1 km2 (553.3 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	372,711
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
• Sex ratio	929
Villages	150
Revenue circles	9
Average rainfall	594.8 mm

Barshi Taluka (Marathi: बार्शी तालुका) is one of the 11 talukas of Solapur District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This tehsil occupies the Northeast corner of the district and is bordered by Osmanabad District to the north and east, Madha Taluka to the west, Mohol Taluka to the southwest and North Solapur Taluka to the south. The tehsil headquarters is located at Barshi, which is also the largest city in the tehsil.

Demographics

Religions in Barshi taluka (2011)^[2]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			89.27%
Islam			9.16%
Jainism			0.89%
Other or not stated			0.68%

At the time of the 2011 census, Barshi taluk had 79,969 households and a population of 372,711, of which 31.85% live in urban areas. Barshi had a sex ratio of 923 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 78.93% for the population 7 years and above. 11.53% of the population was under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 13.58% and 1.28% of the population respectively.^[3]

Languages of Barshi taluka (2011)^[4]

Marathi (88.55%)

Hindi (5.88%)

Urdu (2.70%)

Others (2.87%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 88.55% of the population in the taluka spoke Marathi, 5.88% Hindi and 2.70% Urdu as their first language.^[4]

References

^ "LIST AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ASSISTANT ELECTORAL REGISTRATION OFFICERS AS PER NEWLY DELIMITED ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES" (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
^ "Population by Religion - Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ "District Census Hand Book – Solapur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ ^a ^b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

External links

[1] "LIST AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ASSISTANT ELECTORAL REGISTRATION OFFICERS AS PER NEWLY DELIMITED ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES" (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.

[Religion-2] "Population by Religion - Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[districtcensus-3] "District Census Hand Book – Solapur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[langs-4] "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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v t e Solapur district topics
History	Seuna (Yadava) dynasty Mallappa Dhanshetty Shrikisan Laxminarayan Sarada Walchand Hirachand Chandrashekhar Agashe Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate
Rivers	Bhima River
Dams	Ujjani Dam
Tehsils	Akkalkot Barshi Karmala Madha Solapur North Solapur South
Cities and towns	Akkalkot Barshi Karmala Madha Malshiras Mangalwedha Mohol Pandharpur Sangole Solapur Shreepur
Places to see	Pandharpur Mangalwedha
Education	University of Solapur Walchand Institute of Technology
Transport	Solapur Junction
Lok Sabha constituencies	Madha Osmanabad Solapur
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Akkalkot Barshi Karmala Madha Malsiras Mohol Pandharpur Sangola Solapur City Central Solapur City North Solapur South
Culture	Lavani Abhang
Sports	Indira Gandhi Stadium