Furus

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Furus is a small village in the Ratnagiri district of India. Furus gets its name from the Persians who came here to trade in horses. The main language spoken here is Konkani.

Contents 1 Location 2 Boundaries 3 Transport 4 Community 5 Educational facities 6 Government Role 7 Places 8 Crisis

[edit] Location

It is positioned on the State Highway sandwich between Khed and Dapoli. Nearest Railway Station is Khed -- 10 km away. It is sited alongside the banks of an anonymous petite tributary and blocked on all sides by hummocks. Furus has marvelous location and superior weather condition in Furus no apprehension for deluge or hurricane .It rains in plethora during monsoon. Temperature in Furus in summer is between 25 to 30 degrees.

[edit] Boundaries

Furus is 10 km away from Khed while 17 km away from Dapoli. Sakhroli, Vetal wadi, Dasturi are to the south of Furus (3 km away). Wakawli is to the north. Poynar to east and Dayal and sukhdar to the west.

[edit] Transport

Road transportation is available around the clock. There are innumerable bus service available from between khed and dapoli. Rickshaw and private cars are also available. It takes appox half hour by bus to khed.

[edit] Community

Furus consists of 5 sub villages & above 800 homes with a population of above 2000. Dominated by the community surname Parkar, Maruf, Sunge, Ghanekar, Masurkar, Tiseker, Gamre, Pawar, Navrat and Mahadik.antuley Here main religions are Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. All live in Communal harmony

[edit] Educational facities

Furus was one of the first township in the area to have a high school. Education is offered in Marathi, Urdu and English medium. S.I. High school, Furus is among the oldest high school in whole Ratnagiri. Amenities of library, computer lab, science lab are exclusively accomplished in S.I High school. Besides, it also has Junior college of science. Another high school is Ideal English High school, which also is Junior college of commerce.

[edit] Government Role

Furus has an active Grampranchayat role in its development. Water Scheme and Telephone Exchange are available. Unlike other villages, it has access to cable network, mobile phones network, mobile internet connection and computerized banking system. It has sub post office and governmental hospital.State Bank of India has a Branch in the village. 100% of the houses are provided with electricity.

[edit] Places

falsonda- migrated Muslim community from Tise, etc live here Katalwari- this is the southern node of furus. Khailawari'- this could also be called as old furus. formerly furus comprised only this part. It has Jama mosque of furus. Tekdi- it is a node of furus Buddhawadi- It is the area where mostly the buddhist community resides. Mushafari- it is the northernmost node of furus. Gavanachamaal- it is the highest situated node of furus.

[edit] Crisis

Furus being located in one of the world's wettest place has severe water problem during summer. Drought has never broken out here but due to inestimable private borewells, the grond water level has seriously dropped. Due to this the natural wells dry up in the early half of february. Panchayat has still not over and done with this problem.