Shirpur

Shirpur is a town and taluka in Dhule district of Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India. It is located on National Highway 3, which runs from Agra in Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Arunavati River and Tapi river flows through the city. Shirpur is 50 km from the city of Dhule. It houses Asia's largest and India's first gold refinery. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies has a campus in Shirpur. Ahead of Shirpur there is a small private airport at Village Tande.

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Town
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Shirpur
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°21′1″N 74°52′43″E
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictDhule
  Rank2nd in district
Population
 (2022)
  Total100,951
  Rank2nd in district
Languages
  OfficialMarathi ahirani
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
425405
Telephone code91-2563
Vehicle registrationMH 18
Websitewww.shirpur.in

The major occupation of the people is agriculture with cotton as the major product. The city has a gold refinery (Asia's largest), a sugar factory and a paper mill.

Shirpur has one seat in the legislative assembly of Maharashtra.

Subhas Colony is the largest and first colony established in Shirpur in the early 1960s In the later 1990s it was divided into Adarsh Nagar. It is named after the freedom fighter of India Subhas Chandra Bose.

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