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Shivadi (शिवडी) is a village in the Niphad Subdistrict of the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. It is situated on the bank of river Wadali (sometimes known as Vinata) and on Niphad– Chandwad connecting road. It shares border with Niphad in south, Ugaon in North, Khede in west and North-West and Sonewadi Bk in East. The population of this farming community is slightly over 2000. Major crops include grapes, sugarcane, onions, vegetables, wheat, jwar, bajra, ground nuts, and pulses. The town is well known for its skilled grape-farm labour. Though there is a scarcity of water in the farm land, farmers have access to irrigation supported by Kolhapur-type bonds and wells. A few of the larger farmers also make use of irrigation siphons. In town, the Gram Panchayat, primary school (up to seventh grade), a farmers co-operative society, a co-operative and milk dairy can be found, along with three privately run cold storage units for grapes and other agricultural produce. The village is in vicinity of both of the taluka's sugar factories.
Shivadi Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.
It is one of the five constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.
It is a part of the Mumbai South (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Worli, Byculla, Malabar Hill, Mumbadevi and Colaba.