River Kas meets Penganga about 1 km from the village of Shelgaon Rajgure.

There are hilly ranges extending from through the tehsils of Malegaon, Washim, Mangrul Pir and Manora.

The important cities are Washim, Risod, Karanja, Malegaon, Mangrul Pir, Manora and Shirpur.

The whole revenue demand for the area now included in the Akola district seems to have been nearly twenty-four lakhs of rupees.

The only special notice of any places in the District has reference to Balapur, Shahpur, and Bashim.

Near Balapur, says Abdul Fazl, are two streams, about the borders of which are found various kinds of pretty stones, which are cut and kept as curiosities.

Six kos distant were the headquarters of Sultan Murad, which grew into a fine city under the name of Shahpur'.

[3] Presently, there are three Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies in this district.

[4] According to the 2011 census Washim district has a population of 1,197,160,[7] roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste[8] or the US state of Rhode Island.

[7] The district has a population density of 244 inhabitants per square kilometre (630/sq mi) .

[7] Washim has a sex ratio of 926 females for every 1000 males,[7] and a literacy rate of 81.7%.