Paranda Tahsil परंडा तहसील |
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tehsil | |
Location in Maharashtra, India | |
Coordinates: 18°18′N 075°29′E / 18.300°N 75.483°ECoordinates: 18°18′N 075°29′E / 18.300°N 75.483°E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Osmanabad |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 140,436 |
Language | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 413502 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Osmanabad |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Paranda |
Paranda Tahsil is a tahsil (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district, Marathwada region in Maharashtra on Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Paranda is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are seventy-two panchayat villages in Paranda Tahsil.
In the 2001 Indian census, Paranda Tahsil had a population of 125,136, with 64,707 (51.7%) males and 60,429 (48.3%) females, for a gender ratio of 934 females per thousand males.
In the 2011 census, Paranda Tahsil had 140,436 inhabitants and a gender ratio of 898 females per thousand males. The tahsil was 86.6% rural. The literacy rate in 2011 was 72.25% overall in Paranda Tahsil, with a rate of 81.32% for males and 62.29% for females. In 2011 in Paranda Tahsil, 11.8% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.