Walur

Walur वालुर
Village
Walur Show map of Maharashtra Walur Show map of India Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates: 19°29′14″N 76°33′22″E / 19.48722°N 76.55611°E / 19.48722; 76.55611Coordinates: 19°29′14″N 76°33′22″E / 19.48722°N 76.55611°E / 19.48722; 76.55611
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]

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