Walur
Village in Maharashtra
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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.
Walur
Balur | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Nickname: Walour or Balor | |
  Walur Location in Maharashtra, India[1]  Walur Walur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19°29′14″N 76°33′22″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Parbhani |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gram panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 15,008 +[2] |
| Demonym | Walurkar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Regional | |
| • Languages | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 431503[3] |
| Telephone code | 02451 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-22 |
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
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]