Nira, Maharashtra

Nira
—  town  —
Nira Location of Nira in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	18°06′07″N 74°12′52″E / 18.10207°N 74.214508°E / 18.10207; 74.214508Coordinates: 18°06′07″N 74°12′52″E / 18.10207°N 74.214508°E / 18.10207; 74.214508
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Pune
Nagar Sheth
Peshwa of Pune
Population	20,000
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Footnotes Location:[1]

Nira (R.S.) is a town located near Pune in Maharashtra. ^[1] It is 80 km away from Pune. It is named after the Nira River.

Nira is situated on the banks of River Nira .Around Nira, there is plenty of agricultural land. Plenty of water is available around Nira and in Nira. Nira town is in between two canals (named Nira Right and Nira Left) and the Nira River. Hence, agriculture is its main activity.

There are some industries around Nira. Due to Nira railway station, it is easy to access. There is one sugar factory located at Someshwar near Nira. One chemical factory is also present around Nira. Politically Nira is very sensitive. Town is situated at the border of Pune district and Satara district and also at the border of Purandar, Baramati, Phaltan, Khandala tehasil. Roads around Nira are village road and not as good as High way road. Frequency of state transport is sufficient. There is Railway facility. However, long route trains don't have stop at Nira. Fig, custard apple, pomegranate, guava, sweet lime, and grapes are major fruits available here. Sugar cane, wheat, bajara, maize, and jawar are major crops taken by farmer. Population of Nira town is cosmopolitan.

Nira have a nice industrial grown there is Angha Ice factory in Nira.The transportation facilities are also good the prominent transporter is Aarti Transport which is well famous in transportation of IMFl and ENA.

There is one concrete pipe (cement pipe / R.C.C. pipe) manufacturing unit.

Nira is an important station on the railway route to Miraj and Kolhapur. It is famous for jaggary and onion and at one time was the leading manufacturing town for the same.

In recent times, Nira has seen lot of development in the field of medicine as well ; there are doctors of various specialties who give treatment to needy patients from all walks of life.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nira, Maharashtra - Google Maps

External links

• Map
• http://www.kamalcementpipe.com