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About Shirur Village

Shirur is a small village in Morshi tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 114 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 742 hectares hectares.

Shirur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Morshi
Area (hectares) 742 hectares
Population 213
Male Population 114
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirur compares

By the 2011 count Shirur is the 79th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 742 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Shirur

Shirur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shirur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shirur from other places

Shirur lies about 52 km from Amravati. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Shirur
Tehsil headquarters Morshi 7.3 km
Nearest town Morsi 7.3 km
District headquarters Amravati 52 km

Villages closest to Shirur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Morshi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Shirur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirur village had a population of 213. That makes it the 79th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents.

Shirur village has 114 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirur has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Shirur covers 742 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirur falls under Morshi tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shirur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shirur.

Shirur is about 52 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirur is in Morshi tehsil of Amravati district. Morshi is about 7.3 km away. Morsi is about 7.3 km away. Amravati is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Irur (under 2 km), Simbhora (3.0 km) and Nashirpur (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shirur today is likely to be higher.

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