It also has a number of historic buildings and Kankaleshwar temple is the most popular among them. Beed Parliamentary Constituency is situated in the district of Beed. The town has a population of around 2,161, 250 according to the census of 2001. The urban population is 17.9 per cent.
Beed district is divided into 11 tehsils -
- Beed
- Ashti
- Patoda
- Shirur
- Georai
- Ambajogai
- Wadwani
- Kaij
- Dharur
- Parli
- Majalgaon
- Georai
- Majalgaon
- Beed
- Ashti
- Kaij
- Parli
| Year | Candidates | Political Party | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1977 | 2 | CPM | Burande Gangadhar Appa | Laxman Shankarao Deshmukh(INC) |
| 1980 | 11 | INC | K Kehsarbai Sonajirao | G S Gangaramji(IND) |
| 1984 | 11 | INC | K K Sonajira | G S Gangaramji(IND) |
| 1989 | NA | JD | Dhakno Babanrao Dadaba | K K Sonajirao(INC) |
| 1991 | 19 | INC | K K Sonajirao | S Sitaram Munde(BJP) |
| 1996 | 27 | BJP | Rajani Ashokrao Patil | K K Sonajirao(INC) |
| 1999 | 6 | BJP | Jaysingrao Gaikwad Patil | R Sahebrao Patil(NCP) |
| 2004 | 8 | NCP | Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil | Solanke Prakash Sundarrao(BJP) |
| 2009 | 21 | BJP | Munde G Pandurang | Kokate Ramesh Baburao(NCP) |
