Sailu
| Sailu सेलू سیلو Selu | |
|---|---|
| town | |
  Sailu Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 19°28′N 76°28′E / 19.47°N 76.47°ECoordinates: 19°28′N 76°28′E / 19.47°N 76.47°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Parbhani |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Council |
| • MAYOR | Suresh Korde |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 46,915[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| • Other | Urdu [2] |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 431503 |
| Telephone code | 02451 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 22 |
| Website |
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Sailu is a city and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Sailu is the Taluka place in Parbhani District. Earlier The Sailu Taluka was attached with Pathri Constituency. The Maharashtra Govt. has restructured the constituencies and Sailu Taluka is now attached with Jintoor Vidhan Sabha Constituency.[3]
Geography
Sailu is located at 19°26′31″N 76°25′44″E / 19.442°N 76.429°E.[4] It has an average elevation of 415 metres (1361 feet).
Sailu is referred in many places as Selu. Selu is a city full of prosperity and ancient culture. As per Parbhani district’s history, it goes back to the Stone Age. Researchers think the religions of the valley of the Godawari were very progressive. Walur village is considered to be Saint Valmiki’s (writer of Ramayana) birthplace and also Pandava stayed here. Lingayat tradesman saint Harihar Maharaj’s birthplace is none another than Walur. As per researcher’s statement, today’s area under the Selu was included into an emperor Ashoka’s empire. After Mourya emperors decayed, this area was ruled by Satwahan, Rashtrakut, Wakatak and Devgiri’s Yadav. During the period of Yadav there was a Hemadri (Hemandpanti) architect whose architecture was considered as a sect of Hemand architecture. At Walur, Hatnur, Chikalthana, Kundi God Shiva’s temple was Hemand sect type of art. Surrounding Walur there are lonely little hills present. This area was purified by Mahanubhav’s sect (i.e. the lord of Chakradhar) through his wandering. Selu Taluka has great historical background. The Selu area played an important role in Marathwada Mukti Sangram.
The geographical area of the city is 154,703 hectares (382,280 acres). It is located at 19°27 and 76°27. This city has progressed because of connectivity by road and railway track. Moregaon village is nearby this city and Dhudhana River flows by this village. In 1979 the government gave permission to build L.D.P. (Lower Dhudhana Project) dam near to Bramhawakadi village, Now it is near completion.
Our Selu City is an educational hub in the area. It has great personalities like the late Shri Ramji Bhangadia, who developed educational institution in the area. Now there are many new institutions like B.Ed., D. Ed. Colleges, and many I.T. colleges, which is really necessary for today’s youth.
Nutan Vidyalaya Shikshan Sanstha is a very good, reputed educational institute.
Selu City has many religious places, such as Babasaheb Mandir (Keshavraj Babasaheb Maharaj is the Sadguru of Shri Shirdi Saibaba), Balaji Mandir, Datta Mandir,Digambar Jain Temple, Shankarling Temple, Madina Mosque, House of Buddhist Monks.
Selu is a Sub Division of Parbhani District, so many government offices are established in Selu. Selu has a Deputy Collector office.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census,[1] Sailu has population of 46,915 of which 24,128 are males while 22,787 are females. Female Sex Ratio is of 944 higher than Maharashtra state average of 929.. In Sailu, 13.42% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1]
Literacy rate of Sailu city is 77.91 % lower than state average of 82.34 %. In Sailu, Male literacy is around 84.74 % while female literacy rate is 70.72 %.[1]
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.73 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.30 % of total population in Sailu.[1]
In this region many wild animals can be seen such as fox, hyena, and wolf. Some birds such as pigeon, white and black pheasant. Also some types of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes can be seen in this area. Poisonous snakes like manyar, cobra, furse, ghonas and non-poisonous snakes like dhaman, ajgar, and mandol.
Trees such as Mango, Tamarind, Neem/Nimb, and Gum-Arabic grow in this region.
The majority of crop production is Jowar, Cotton, Wheat and Mug in Selu tahasil. In this tehsil cotton is the main crop therefore many ginning and pressing factories are established in this area. River water, hand-pumps and well water is used for drinking water in this city. Agricultural produces are in large scale in this area, hence we see the growth of agri based industries i.e. Ginning Pressing Factories, Oil Mills, Dall Mills etc. Unfortunately not a single sugar factory is in Sailu Taluka. The farmers most need a sugar factory in this region.
A main way goes form Selu is Jalna to Nanded. Selu is a main station of south- central Railways in Maharashtra region. Devnanandra Co-operative sugar factory is very near to this Selu city.
Selu Municipality was established in 1957 and on 15 August 1992 Selu was declared as a Tehsil.
Transportation
Rail
Selu is well connected by cites like Parbhani, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad. It is on railway route of Aurangabad to Parbhani. It is 47 Kilometers from Parbhani.
Road
Selu is well connected to Maharashtra and rest of India. It is on national highway number 171. It is about 50 kilometers from Parabhani. It is well connected by road transport. Many buses from Aurangabad, Parbhani, Jintur, Manwat, Pathri, Buldhana, Lonar, Nanded, Jalna, and Partur come to Selu. Selu is connected by Government as well as private transport.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sailu Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "National Commission for Linguistic Minority". 50th/report/nclm. Retrieved 20 Sep 2015.
- ↑ Sailu
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sailu