Vishnupuri | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Maharashtra#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates: | 19.1119°N 77.2889°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nanded |
Government Type: | Gram panchayat |
Leader Title: | Sarpanch |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 6910 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Hambarde Vishnupurikar |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Marathi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 431606[1] |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 02466 |
Registration Plate: | MH-26 |
Vishnupuri is a village in Nanded taluka of Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is 10km (10miles) from Nanded city on the Nanded-Latur highway. Though it is a village, it is now a suburb of the city due its close proximity and rapid urbanisation. Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College, sahayog educational campus are located there
Following table shows distance of Vishnupuri from various cities.
City | Distance(km) | |
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10 | ||
24 | ||
13 | ||
58 | ||
126 | ||
78 | ||
237 | ||
540 |
Vishnupuri is a part of Nanded South constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly., the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Vishnupuri was Mohanrao Hambarde of the Congress party.[2] Since, Hemant Patil has been elected as an MP from neighbouring Hingoli LS constituency, this assembly seat is vacant and election for the samewas set to be held in October 2019 along with the state general election.
For elections to the Parliament of India, the village is a part of Nanded constitcy and has Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar, a former MLA as its representative in the Lok Sabha. Conventionally Shiv Sena has a strong hold in this region.