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- LGD code
- 544139
- Pincode
- 431804
- Post office
- Kinwat
- Population
- 308
- Households
- 78
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Sex ratio
- 822 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 199
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 45 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 533 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 268 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ambari(Deccan) · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shree Gajanan Maternity & Nursing Home · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shivur compares
By population, Shivur ranks #76 of 85 villages in Mahur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.3%
−4.1% vs mandal average
Shivur62.3%
Mahur mandal66.4%
Nanded district65.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
822
−120 vs mandal average
Shivur822
Mahur mandal942
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
Shivur3.9
Mahur mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shivur at a glance
Shivur is a village of 308 people in 78 households (Census 2011) in Mahur taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 76th-largest of 85 villages in Mahur taluka. Literacy is 62%, 4 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 822 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Nanded district centre, 34 km from Himayatnagar, the nearest town, 32 km from Ambari(Deccan) railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431804, served by Kinwat post office; the LGD village code is 544139. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shree Gajanan Maternity & Nursing Home, 13 km away. The village votes in Digras assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Rathod. The population is estimated at 363 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shivur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Kinwat
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 81
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 135
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 244.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 134.84
- Forest area (ha)
- 82.38
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shivur
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Key facts — Shivur
- LGD code
- 544139
- Pincode
- 431804
- Post office
- Kinwat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 308
- Population (projected 2026)
- 363
- Households
- 78
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 822
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.73575°N, 77.91169°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Digras
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Rathod
- Block / Mandal
- Mahur
Getting there
How to reach Shivur
Nearest town · 20,285 people
Himayatnagar · ≈ 34 km
≈ 1 h 11 min by car · 1 h 24 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai533 kmcapital
- Hyderabad268 km
- Bengaluru753 km
- Chennai781 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmbari(Deccan)32 km
- Hospital / PHCShree Gajanan Maternity & Nursing Home13 km
- ATM / banksuwas31 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)