Nira, Maharashtra
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Nira is a town located near Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

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Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

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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.

External links

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