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population. 76,506(2011 census)
Shirpur is a city and taluka in Dhule district of Nashik Division, Maharashtra. 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.
The major occupation of the people is agriculture with cotton as the major product. The city has one sootgirni, Gold Refinery (Asia's largest),Sugar Factory and Paper Mill.
Shirpur has one seat in the legislative assembly of Maharashtra.
Shirpur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Dhule district and presently it is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.
It is part of the Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency along with another five Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Sakri in the Dhule district and Akkalkuwa, Navapur, Nandurbar and Shahada in the Nandurbar district.
Shirpur may refer to:
- Shirpur, Afghanistan, a village in Afghanistan
- Shirpur, a city in India
- Shirpur Taluka, a tehsil in Dhule District, Marharastra, India
- Shirpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a constituency in western India
- Shirpur Assembly Constituency, in India
- Shirpur-Warwade, a city in Maharashtra, India
- Shirpur Gold Refinery, a gold refinery in India