Nerur is a town of Kudal Taluka of Sindhudurg district

Sindhudurg district

Sindhudurg is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri District. The district headquarters are located at Oros . The district occupies an area of 5207 km² and has a population of 868,825 of which 9.47% were urban...

 of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 in India

India

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. It is one of the smaller towns in the district having 32 wadi

Wadi

Wadi is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some cases, it may refer to a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain or simply an intermittent stream.-Variant names:...

s.The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation is a project of the Government of Maharashta State in India, and is the leading corporation of Maharashtra....

 has taken up the development of industrial areas. The Malvani

Malvani

Malvani is a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords. Some define it as a Creole between Konkani and Marathi. Though Malvani does not have a unique script, scripts of the other languages native to the regions its speakers inhabit are used. Devanagari is used by most of...

 dialect of Konkani

Konkani language

KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...

 is spoken here. There are many temples in the town. Some of them are Shri Dev Kaleshwar

Kaleshwar

Shri Kaleshwar Mandir is a large Hindu temple in Nerur, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. It is dedicated to the village deity, Shri Kaleshwar, who is also called Kaloba. The temple dates back 700 to 800 years, when, according to legend, a brahmin dug into the ground and discovered a natural...

, Shri Gawadoba and Bhootnath Ravalnath. The temple of Shri Dev Kaleshwar is well-known in the area. During Shivaratri, a big "Jatra

Jatra

Jatra can mean:* Jatra street festival* Jatra street festival or Carnival* Jatra form of entertainment* Jatra...

" is held. The most common surnames of the people in the village include Naik, Nerurkar, Gawade, Raut, Parab, and Prabhu. Chavata, Jakat Naka and Nerurpar river areas are well populated.