Vishnupuri, Nanded

Vishnupuri
Village
Vishnupuri Location in Maharashtra, India Vishnupuri Vishnupuri (India)
Coordinates: 19°06′43″N 77°17′20″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Government
• Type	Gram panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,910
Demonym	Vishnupurikar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	431606
Telephone code	02466
Vehicle registration	MH-26

Vishunupuri is a village in Nanded taluka of Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Nanded city on the Nanded-Latur highway. Though it is a village, it is now a suburb of the city due its close proximity and rapid urbanisation. Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology and Government Medical College, Nanded are located there.

Demography

• As per 2011 census, Vishnupuri has total 1,256 families residing. Village has population of 6,910 of which 3,570 were males while 3,340 were females.
• Average Sex Ratio of village is 936 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929.
• Literacy rate of village was 80% compared to 82.95% of Maharashtra. Male literacy rate was 87% while female literacy rate was 72%.
• Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.5% of total population while Schedule Tribe population was 1.2%.

Geography and transport

Following table shows distance of Vishnupuri from various cities.

City	Distance(km)
Nanded	10
Loha	24
Sonkhed	13
Parbhani	58
Latur	126
Hingoli	78
Aurangabad	237
Mumbai	540

Politics

Vishnupuri is part of Nanded South constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. As of 2014, the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Vishnupuri was Hemant Sriram Patil of the Shiv Sena party. For elections to the Parliament of India, the village is a part of Nanded constituency and has Ashok Chavan, a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a member of the Indian National Congress as its representative in the Lok Sabha.