Nira, Maharashtra
| Nira | |
|---|---|
| town | |
  Nira | |
| Coordinates: 18°06′07″N 74°12′52″E / 18.10207°N 74.214508°ECoordinates: 18°06′07″N 74°12′52″E / 18.10207°N 74.214508°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Pune |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Location:[1] | |
Nira is a town Maharashtra 80 km from Pune.[1] It is named after the Nira River.
Geography
Nira is situated on the banks of River Nira, at the border of Pune district and Satara district and at the border of Purandar, Baramati, Phaltan, Khandala tehasil.
Economy
Nira is surrounded by agricultural land, and there is abundant water in and around the town. It lies between two canals, called Nira Right and Nira Left, and the Nira River. Agriculture is therefore its main activity. Nira is famous for jaggery and onion and was once a leading producer of them. Fig, custard apple, pomegranate, guava, sweet lime, and grapes are available there. Sugar cane, wheat, bajara, maize, and jawar are major farm crops. In the ward no 4, shinde family is most famus farme
they early year give to sugar cane, maize, bajara, wheat,grass. Other vegetable crop..
In the town there is an ice factory named Angha Ice Factory. Nearby there are a sugar factory at Someshwar, a chemical factory and a unit that manufactures concrete pipes.Transport facility is also available by famous Aarti Transport all over India.
Transport
Nira is linked by railway to Miraj and Kolhapur. Long-route trains do not stop there. Roads around Nira are village roads of good quality.
Temples
A very Famous Temple of Datta on the bank of river nira.once visited by then Shree Sreedhar Swamy.Nira has many more temples,including one of Ramdas Swamy Built up By Dr.Vivek Vaidya near to Home of Vaidya & Parchure Family. Saibaba temple is the secondaly bigaest temple location is ward no4 (shinde waste) Jyotirling Temple at Gulunche is very famous for 'Katebaras Yatra" 5 Km from to Nira.