Shikrapur, Maharashtra


Shikrapur is a panchayat village in the state of Maharashtra, India, Administratively, Shikrapur is under Shirur Taluka of Pune District in Maharashtra. The village Shikrapur is also the largest village of Shirur Taluka.

Geography

The village of Shikrapur lies on State Highway 27 and State Highway 55 junction. It is located 36 km from Pune City and is 34 km from Shirur, and 32 km southeast of the town of Chakan.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the village of Shikrapur had population 19,374, with 10,259 males and 9115 females, for a gender ratio of 882 females per thousand males.

Transport

Shikrapur lies on the Nagar road State Highway 27 and Shikrapur-Chakan road State Highway 55 junction.
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation runs frequent bus services enroute.
Shikrapur is also served by buses operated by PMPML. PMPML buses connect Shikrapur toward cities i.e. Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. PMPML Bus No. 159, Pune MaNaPa to Talegoan Dhamdhere bazar run through Shikrapur and PMPML Bus no. 159P, Pune MaNaPa to Kasturi Shikshan Sanstha are the two buses comutes students and citizens for there important work from surrounding to Pune City. Highways connecting to Pune have heavy traffic due to extensive industrial growth in the Ranjangaon MIDC.

Proposed Railway Corridor

PUNE The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority PMRDA has proposed a railway ring project, wherein business hubs, starting from Talegaon Dabhade, then Chakan, Shikrapur, and Uruli Kanchan, will be all be connected, including the Sambhaji international airport at Purandar and the Pune Railway station.
PMRDA-contracted Larsen & Toubro created the CMP, connecting a geographical spread of 20 sqkm. The CMP connects Pune Municipal Corporation, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune Cantonment Board, Dehu Cantonment Board and Khadki Cantonment Board and Pune district.
Proposed ring railway route
- Start from Talegaon Dabhade.
- Will connect Chakan, Shikrapur, Uruli Kanchan, Purandar airport and Pune Railway station.
- Route will link Pune-Miraj and Pune-Nashik rails routes.
- Route to connect with Metro rail.

Proposed Wagholi-Shikrapur Bypass

This is a proposed bridge of on State Highway 27. The PMRDA and district administration are working on a plan to mitigate frequent traffic congestion on the stretch connecting Pune, Wagholi and Shikrapur.
The plan involves the addition of a lane on each side of the road, two bypasses and improvement of crucial junctions.The government approved Rs650 crore in this regard. Recently, the road was included under the Union government’s ‘Bharatmala’ project, under which Rs1,260 crore will be spent on road improvement.but from many years the project is pending.

Educational institutions

[Council for the [Indian School Certificate Examinations]] | ICSE affiliated schools

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalay, Pimple Jagtap
The area around Shikrapur is irrigated by the canals and velu river. Therefore,the land is used for growing crops like sugarcane,vegetables. The sugarcane is supplied mainly to the sugar mill,5 km from Shikrapur and 30 km Hadapser. The village holds a weekly open air market on Sunday.
Shikrapur is one of the fastest growing areas in Shirur.Now over 200+ large and small industries, including a number of manufacturers like John Deere,Alicon,Pyrotek,Neosym,Trinity forgetech,Enkei Corporation,SAP,DENSO

Notable people