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
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]
It is located 39km (24miles) towards north from district headquarters Parbhani. 14km (09miles) from Sailu. 458km (285miles) from State capital Mumbai.
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]