Shirdi is a city in Maharashtra, and it is located in Rahata Taluka of Ahmednagar district. It is 185km east of the western seashore line. The place is famous as the home of the late 19th-century saint Shirdi Sai Baba. The Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust of the city is among the richest temple.
It has a 36,004 population, 53% are males and 47%. Females. Its average literacy rate is 70% which is higher than the national rate. It is spread over 13 square kilometres at an elevation of 504 metres.
It is a secular place where all religions are treated as one and belong to Holy Saint. It is mainly the footprints of Saibaba that have made this place holy and famous for religious ones.
Infrastructure and Details
One has to take the Ahmednagar–Malegaon State Highway No.10, 83 km from Ahmednagar and just 15 km from Kopargaon. The Sainagar Shirdi Railway station has been operational since 2009 March. It now connects to train to major cities like Kakinada, Chennai, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Mysore, Vijayawada and other states.
The Shirdi airport started in October 2017 and is 14km towards the southwest part of the state. It easily connects to major cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi and others. Besides, the nearby airports are Pune which is 186km, and Aurangabad, 115 km from Shirdi. If you take Mumbai on the Eastern Express Highway, it is 240km from Mumbai.
Top hospitals include Shri Sai Baba Hospital and Joshi Hospital. The educational institutes are Shri Saibaba College Shirdi and Saibaba Senior College Shirdi.
Property in Shirdi
The property rate in Shirdi is around rupees 3.99 lakhs, whereas the average property rate in Shirdi is 20.13 lakhs. Start the search for property from your locality, compare the rates and try to go for the one with amenities. It includes economic, social and connectivity to the place.
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