Walur Explained

Walur
Other Name:Balur
Nickname:Walour or Balor
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra#India
Pushpin Map Alt:map of India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates:19.4872°N 76.5561°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Parbhani
Founded:Kisannadu Anchintam (Yerralu Dynasty)
Government Type:Gram panchayat
Leader Title:Sarpanch
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:15008 +[2]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Walurkar
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:431503[3]
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:02451
Registration Plate:MH-22
Demographics2 Title1:Languages
Demographics Type2:Regional
Demographics2 Info1:Hindi

Walur also known as Balur is a major village in Sailu Or (Selu )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 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 39km (24miles) towards north from district headquarters Parbhani. 14km (09miles) from Sailu. 458km (285miles) 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Location of Bori, Parbhani. India Mapia. 11 May 2015. See footnotes at very bottom of the article..
  2. Web site: Walur Village Population - Sailu - Parbhani, Maharashtra. 13 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Walur Pin Code. Pin Code. 11 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Parbhani Lok Sabha. Elections. 11 May 2015.
  5. Web site: Jintur Vidhan Sabha. Elections. 11 May 2015.