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Walur

Coordinates: 19°29′14″N 76°33′22″E / 19.48722°N 76.55611°E / 19.48722; 76.55611
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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″N 76°33′22″E / 19.48722°N 76.55611°E / 19.48722; 76.55611
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictParbhani
Government
 • TypeGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total15,008 +[2]
DemonymWalurkar
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Regional
 • LanguagesHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
431503[3]
Telephone code02451
Vehicle registrationMH-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.

Demography

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Location of Bori, Parbhani". India Mapia. Retrieved 11 May 2015. See footnotes at very bottom of the article.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Walur Village Population - Sailu - Parbhani, Maharashtra". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Walur Pin Code". Pin Code. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Parbhani Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Jintur Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.