Selu also known as Sailu is a city and a

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Parbhani district Parbhani district () is one of the eight districts in the Marathawada region of Maharashtra state of India. Parbhani city is the headquarters of this district. Parbhani district is well known for the Marathwada rebellion and religious tour ...

in the

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History

Selu is referred in many places as Sailu.Founded by Mr.Vishnu.A in 1994

Infrastructures

Selu is a big town with great infrastructures present in the city such as Colleges, Temples and Masjids. Colleges/Schools: 1.Nutan Vidhyalaya. 2.Vivekanand vidya mandir. 3.New High School 3.Zakir Hussain Primary and High School 4.Modern English School 5.Prince English School 6.Yashwant School 7.Yaser School 8.Z.P School 9.C.P.School. 10.bca college 11.bordikar college of agriculture selu, 12.Apurva polytechnic college, food technology shri ram pratishthan selu. 13. Nutan English School Selu. 14. 15.Nutan Mahavidhalaya BANKS: 1.SBI Main Branch 2.SBI Market Area Branch 3.HDFC 4.ICICI 5.DENA BANK 6.SAIBABA BANK 7.DEVGIRI BANK 8.PDCC BANK 9.MAHARASHTRA GRAMIN BANK. 10.ANDHRA BANK 11.POST BANK 12. dnyanaradha bank 13. tulja bhavani bank, 14. valmiki bank, 15. mahesh co-operatie bank, 16. selu nagri sahakari sanstha 17. anand nagri urban co credit society.

Geography

Selu is located at . It has an average elevation of 415 metres (1361 feet). The geographical area of the city is . It is located at 19°27 and 76°27. This city has progressed because of connectivity by road and railway track. Moregaon village is nearby this city and Dhudhana River flows by this village. Lower Dhudhana Project (dam) was sanctioned in 1979, near to Bramhawakadi village, which is now near completion.

Demographics

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, Selu has population of 46,915 of which 24,128 are males while 22,787 are females. Female Sex Ratio is of 944 higher than

state average of 929.. In Selu, 13.42% of the population is under 6 years of age. Literacy rate of Sailu city is 77.91% lower than state average of 82.34%. In Selu, Male literacy is around 84.74% while female literacy rate is 70.72%. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.73% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.30% of total population in Sailu.

Transportation

Rail

Selu is well connected by cites like Delhi, Bhopal, Amritsar, Agra, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Shirdi, Vijayawada. Selu Railway (SELU) Station is on Mudkhed-Manmad Section of Nanded Division in SCR Zone. It is Big Station with amenities like ATVM Machine, 3 Platforms, Waiting Halls, Senior Section Engineers P.Way office. Spiced Chickpeas at the station are quite famous. Early in 2019 Railway board has given stoppage to Sachkhand Superfast Express at Selu railway station, which connects the city to nation's capital

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Road

Selu is well connected to

and rest of India. It is on national highway number 171 and 548B. It is about 50 kilometers from Parabhani. It is well connected by road transport. Many buses from

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, Manwat, Pathri, Buldhana, Lonar, Jalna, and Partur come to Selu. Selu is connected by Government as well as private transport.

Governance

Municipal Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

Selu is responsible for local administration and citizen services in city jurisdiction. Council has administrative and engineering wing. Sailu is a taluka place in Parbhani District. Earlier the Sailu taluka was attached with Pathri Constituency. As per the restructured constituencies, it is now attached with Jintur

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Constituency. The MLA of selu jintur is meghna sakore bordiker BJP

References

{{Portal, India It is Birthplace of Venku who was guru of Shirdi Sai baba

Sai Baba of Shirdi Sai Baba of Shirdi (), also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master considered to be a Hindu saints, saint, and revered by both Hindu and Muslim devotees during and after his lifetime. According to accounts from his life, Sai ...

Talukas in Maharashtra Cities and towns in Parbhani district