Walur

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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Walur
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of Bori, Parbhani|url=http://www.indiamapia.com/Parbhani/Bori.html|publisher=India Mapia|accessdate=11 May 2015|quote=See footnotes at very bottom of the article.}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{coord|19|29|14|N|76|33|22|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]]
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| government_type = [[Gram panchayat]]
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| leader_title = Sarpanch
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 11008<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/546460-walour-maharashtra.html|title=Walur Village Population - Sailu - Parbhani, Maharashtra|publisher=|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Walurkar
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| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 431503<ref>{{cite web|title=Walur Pin Code|url=http://soki.in/walur-sailu-parbhani/|publisher=Pin Code|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 02451
| registration_plate = MH-22
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| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MH]]
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'''Walur''' is a major village in [[Sailu]] taluka of [[Parbhani district]] in [[Maharashtra]] state of [[India]]. Walur is also famous for ancient valmiki rishi temple placed in center of the village. There are some unconfirmed stories/ truths about the presence of valmiki rishi in walur. The stories states that before being known as valmiki rishi he was not aware of his abilities of writing and was not a devotee of lord RAMA. As guided by narada, valmiki started chanting word 'MARA' and after few years the word turned out as 'RAMA'. Huge anthills formed around valmiki rishi and then he got name of VALMIKI. The unconfirmed stories from this area states valmiki rishi chanted the name of RAMA in Walur and anthill formed around him. As anthill means warul in marathi language the name of village was inspired by it. Before some year the name warul turned out as Walur.

==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.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Average Sex Ratio of Walur village is 948 which is higher than [[Maharashtra]] state average of 929.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

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%.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.82% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.49% of total population in Walour village.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

==Transport==
It is located {{convert|39|km|mi|abbr=on}} towards north from district headquarters [[Parbhani]]. {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Sailu]]. {{convert|458|km|mi|abbr=on}} from State capital [[Mumbai]].

==Government and Politics==
Walur comes under [[Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency)]] for Indian general elections and [[List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha|current member of Parliament]] representing this constituency is [[Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav]] of [[Shiv Sena]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Parbhani Lok Sabha|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/parliamentary-constituencies/parbhani.html|publisher=Elections|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>

Walur comes under [[Jintur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] for [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|assembly elections of Maharashtra]]. Current representative from this constituency in [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra state assembly]] is [[Vijay Bhambale|meghna bordikar sakore]] of bhartiy janta [[Nationalist Congress Party|Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jintur Vidhan Sabha|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/jintur.html|publisher=Elections|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Portal|India}}
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{{Parbhani district villages}}

[[Category:Villages in Parbhani district]]
[[Category:Parbhani district]]

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