Walur

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Walur
Balur
Village
Nickname: 
Walour or Balor
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Walur
Location in Maharashtra, India [1]
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Walur
Walur (India)
Coordinates: 19°29′14″N76°33′22″E / 19.48722°N 76.55611°E / 19.48722; 76.55611
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Government
 • Type Gram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
15,008 + [2]
Demonym Walurkar
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Regional
 • Languages Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
431503 [3]
Telephone code02451
Vehicle registration MH-22

Walur also known as Balur is a major village in Sailu Or (Selu <local name of the same Taluka> )taluka of Parbhani district in Maharashtra state of India.

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Demography

Walur is a village with total 2100 families residing. The Walour village has population of 15008+ of which 5652 are males while 5356 are females as per Population Census 2011. [2]

Average Sex Ratio of Walur village is 948 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. [2]

Walur village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Walour village was 66.93% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Walour Male literacy stands at 75.82% while female literacy rate was 57.67%. [2]

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.82% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.49% of total population in Walour village. [2]

Transport

It is located 39 km (24 mi) towards north from district headquarters Parbhani. 14 km (8.7 mi) from Sailu. 458 km (285 mi) from State capital Mumbai.

Government and politics

Walur comes under Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav of Shiv Sena. [4]

Walur comes under Jintur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is meghna bordikar sakore of bhartiy janta Party. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Location of Bori, Parbhani". India Mapia. Retrieved 11 May 2015. See footnotes at very bottom of the article.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Walur Village Population - Sailu - Parbhani, Maharashtra" . Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Walur Pin Code". Pin Code. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Parbhani Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jintur Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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