Walur

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Walur
वालुर
Village
Walur is located in Maharashtra
Walur
Walur
Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
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Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Government
 • Type Gram panchayat
Population (2011)
 • Total 11,008[2]
Demonym(s) Walurkar
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 431503[3]
Telephone code 02484[4]
Vehicle registration MH-22

Walur is a major village in Sailu taluka of Parbhani district in Maharashtra state of India.

Demography

Walur is a village with total 2100 families residing. The Walour village has population of 11008 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 head quarters Parbhani. 14 km (8.7 mi) from Sailu. 458 km (285 mi) from State capital Mumbai.[4]

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.[5]

Walur comes under Jintur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is Vijay Bhambale of Nationalist Congress Party.[6]

References

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