Shirshi
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Shirshi is a beautiful hilly village in Kokan on the banks of the Jagbudi river arising from the Arabian Sea
. The village falls under the jurisdiction of the Khed
Taluka of the Ratnagiri District
. The village gets an awesome view from the Kokan Railway bridge across the river with a wonderful landscape of green paddy fields stretching for around a mile before the ascend of the hills start. The village consists of around 300 houses, almost all of them lying on the hilly lands, thus providing a great resistance towards heavy rains and seasonal floods. The village is located almost at the midway on the regional road between Khed
and Panhalje, roughly 15KM from the Khed town. The Approx coordinates are: 17°39'47"N 73°23'8"E.
in an attempt to make use of the land for a better public convenience, very old (reported to be of many centuries old) household items were recovered. The fairy tales (as told to the kids by the elder generations through centuries) reveal a long historic trade links between the localities' and the outside world (specially the Arabs). This is largely due to the existence of the village in the close proximity of the Arabian Sea
.
, Shirshi (and almost all of the nearby villages) enjoy the modern day facilities of Media
, Telecommunication
, Television
, Internet
etc. When the telephones were first introduced to Indians in the mid 80s the then Sarpanch
of the village got the first telephone line connection of the village. Similar is the case with the televisions. The village has local cable connections as well as the DISH TV
networks ( as provided by TATA
, Airtel and Reliance
). All of the major Mobile phone operators have their connectivity in Shirshi, while MTNL and TATA Indicom
provide the landline
telephone facility.
Banking facility is provided by the country's largest bank, the State Bank of India
. It has got a regional branch at Karji, around 3KM from Shirshi.
Shirshi has a local Post Office
which collects as well as distributes the local post. It also manages the Postal Savings Accounts of the villagers. The local posts are transferred to the Karji Post Office on a daily basis. The Taluka Post Office is located in Khed
Primary School (till Std 7th) and a Marathi
High School
(till SSC). Apart from these two local schools, numerous other schools and educational bodies exists within a short distance. Students completing their Primary School in Urdu medium usually go for their higher education at the Adarsh High School in Karjee or at the Haji Mukadam School in Khed or some prefer the National School in the nearby village Savnas. There is also a Marathi medium High School in Shiv, just across the Jagbudi river.
Institutes in the town of Khed provide the Junior and the Degree college education. The DBJ College in Chiplun is also popular for the post school education.
Recently a major dental college The Yogita Dental College(www.yogitadentalcollege.com) has come up in Khed which has provided a real boost for the students opting for the dental education.
located at around 250KM to the north from the village.
line. Major trains going towards Mumbai
and the south of India
have their halts at the Khed railway station. The famous Dadar-Ratnagiri Passenger train has one full boogie reserved for the people boarding from Khed.
town and hence to the NH-17 (Mumbai
to Goa
) through the local regional road (first it connects to Khed
-Dapoli
SH-104 and this road then connects to the NH-17 at Bharne Naka).
State Transport buses famously called the ST buses (locally pronounced as 'aeshtee') run frequently to and from the Khed ST Depot. Direct buses are available for Mumbai
, Pune
, Thane
, Kalyan
, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri
, Miraj
, Vitthalwadi, Chiplun
and many other nearby towns like Dapoli
, Mandangad
etc from the Khed deopt. From the Bharne Naka( 2KM from Khed deopt, it is a small junction at the NH-17), one can avail buses to virtually all the corners of Maharashtra
, Goa
and Karnataka
.
Auto Rickshaws are in abundance. With the two wheeler industry in full swing youngsters enjoy their conveyance through the motorbykes.
well known cities like Mumbai
, Thane
, Pune
, Bhiwandi
, Jalgaon, Khamgaon
, Jalna
, Akole
, Latur
and Solapur
.
Majority of the people have their surnames as Hamdulay (or Hamdule), Mukadam, Chinkate, Patil and Chauhan. The other surnames include Siddique, Mandlekar, Gaundhlekar, Walapkar, Kupe, Tambe and Mali.
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
. The village falls under the jurisdiction of the Khed
Khed
Khed is an industrial city with a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by a number of villages, including Khopi, Savnas, Bahirwali, Furus, Karji, Tise, Rajawel, Panhalje, Lote, Kondivali, Shiv, Mani, Nandgaon, Ashti, Shirgaon, Sakhroli,...
Taluka of the Ratnagiri District
Ratnagiri District
Ratnagiri district is one of the 35 districts of Maharashtra state in western India. Ratnagiri is the district headquarters of the district. The district is 11.33% urban. The district is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west, Sindhudurg district to the south, Raigad district to the north and...
. The village gets an awesome view from the Kokan Railway bridge across the river with a wonderful landscape of green paddy fields stretching for around a mile before the ascend of the hills start. The village consists of around 300 houses, almost all of them lying on the hilly lands, thus providing a great resistance towards heavy rains and seasonal floods. The village is located almost at the midway on the regional road between Khed
Khed
Khed is an industrial city with a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by a number of villages, including Khopi, Savnas, Bahirwali, Furus, Karji, Tise, Rajawel, Panhalje, Lote, Kondivali, Shiv, Mani, Nandgaon, Ashti, Shirgaon, Sakhroli,...
and Panhalje, roughly 15KM from the Khed town. The Approx coordinates are: 17°39'47"N 73°23'8"E.
History
Not much is known about the history of the village, however when the land near the local graveyard was levelled with a bulldozerBulldozer
A bulldozer is a crawler equipped with a substantial metal plate used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc., during construction work and typically equipped at the rear with a claw-like device to loosen densely-compacted materials.Bulldozers can be found on a wide range of sites,...
in an attempt to make use of the land for a better public convenience, very old (reported to be of many centuries old) household items were recovered. The fairy tales (as told to the kids by the elder generations through centuries) reveal a long historic trade links between the localities' and the outside world (specially the Arabs). This is largely due to the existence of the village in the close proximity of the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
.
Facilities
Compared to the other villages in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Shirshi (and almost all of the nearby villages) enjoy the modern day facilities of Media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
, Telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
, Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
etc. When the telephones were first introduced to Indians in the mid 80s the then Sarpanch
Sarpanch
A sarpanch is a democratically elected head of a village level statutory institution of local self-government called the gram panchayat in India and Pakistan. He, together with other elected Panchas , constitute the Gram Panchayat. The Sarpanch is the focal point of contact between government...
of the village got the first telephone line connection of the village. Similar is the case with the televisions. The village has local cable connections as well as the DISH TV
Dish TV
Dish TV India Limited is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv is a division of Zee Network Enterprise . It uses MPEG-2 digital compression...
networks ( as provided by TATA
Tata Group
Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...
, Airtel and Reliance
Reliance
-Companies:* Reliance Industries, an Indian conglomerate of companies headed by Mukesh Ambani** Reliance Petroleum** Reliance Life Sciences** Reliance Solar** Reliance Logistics** Reliance Industrial Infrastructure** Reliance Institute of Life Sciences...
). All of the major Mobile phone operators have their connectivity in Shirshi, while MTNL and TATA Indicom
Tata Indicom
Tata Teleservices Limited is a Indian broadband and telecommunications provider based in Mumbai, India. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group, an Indian conglomerate...
provide the landline
Landline
A landline was originally an overland telegraph wire, as opposed to an undersea cable. Currently, landline refers to a telephone line which travels through a solid medium, either metal wire or optical fibre, as distinguished from a mobile cellular line, where transmission is via radio waves...
telephone facility.
Banking facility is provided by the country's largest bank, the State Bank of India
State Bank of India
The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...
. It has got a regional branch at Karji, around 3KM from Shirshi.
Shirshi has a local Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
which collects as well as distributes the local post. It also manages the Postal Savings Accounts of the villagers. The local posts are transferred to the Karji Post Office on a daily basis. The Taluka Post Office is located in Khed
Education
Shirshi has got a UrduUrdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
Primary School (till Std 7th) and a Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
High School
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
(till SSC). Apart from these two local schools, numerous other schools and educational bodies exists within a short distance. Students completing their Primary School in Urdu medium usually go for their higher education at the Adarsh High School in Karjee or at the Haji Mukadam School in Khed or some prefer the National School in the nearby village Savnas. There is also a Marathi medium High School in Shiv, just across the Jagbudi river.
Institutes in the town of Khed provide the Junior and the Degree college education. The DBJ College in Chiplun is also popular for the post school education.
Recently a major dental college The Yogita Dental College(www.yogitadentalcollege.com) has come up in Khed which has provided a real boost for the students opting for the dental education.
Air
The nearst Airport is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport, MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
located at around 250KM to the north from the village.
Railways
Khed railway station is at 17KM from the village and it is one the main station of the Konkan RailwayKonkan Railway
The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation...
line. Major trains going towards Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and the south of India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
have their halts at the Khed railway station. The famous Dadar-Ratnagiri Passenger train has one full boogie reserved for the people boarding from Khed.
Road
The village is connected to the KhedKhed
Khed is an industrial city with a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by a number of villages, including Khopi, Savnas, Bahirwali, Furus, Karji, Tise, Rajawel, Panhalje, Lote, Kondivali, Shiv, Mani, Nandgaon, Ashti, Shirgaon, Sakhroli,...
town and hence to the NH-17 (Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
to Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
) through the local regional road (first it connects to Khed
Khed
Khed is an industrial city with a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by a number of villages, including Khopi, Savnas, Bahirwali, Furus, Karji, Tise, Rajawel, Panhalje, Lote, Kondivali, Shiv, Mani, Nandgaon, Ashti, Shirgaon, Sakhroli,...
-Dapoli
Dapoli
Dapoli is a small town in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in India.-Geography:Dapoli is 215 KM away from Mumbai.It is also called the "Mini Mahabaleshwar" because of its cool climate throughout the year.dapoli is also the city which gave birth to many historic idols like Lokmanya Tilak, Sane...
SH-104 and this road then connects to the NH-17 at Bharne Naka).
State Transport buses famously called the ST buses (locally pronounced as 'aeshtee') run frequently to and from the Khed ST Depot. Direct buses are available for Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, Thane
Thane
Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
, Kalyan
Kalyan
Kalyan is a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, and a major railway station lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, 53 km north-east of Mumbai. Kalyan is also a major Taluka place, a tehsil of the Thane district...
, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri
Ratnāgiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri district in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan.The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east...
, Miraj
Miraj
Miraj , is an historic town in southern Maharashtra, India. The history of the town dates back to the early 10th century, and the town is known for its rich tradition of Hindustani classical music and for religious harmony. It served as a stronghold and a strategic bastion because of its location...
, Vitthalwadi, Chiplun
Chiplun
Chiplun is a city and a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Located on the Mumbai–Goa highway in western India. The city is about 320 km south of Mumbai in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is a fast developing city in Konkan with a strong cultural...
and many other nearby towns like Dapoli
Dapoli
Dapoli is a small town in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in India.-Geography:Dapoli is 215 KM away from Mumbai.It is also called the "Mini Mahabaleshwar" because of its cool climate throughout the year.dapoli is also the city which gave birth to many historic idols like Lokmanya Tilak, Sane...
, Mandangad
Mandangad
Mandangad is the northmost taluka in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India.-Description:Mandangad is the taluka headquarters in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra state in India. The heart of Mandangad is valota.The village is situated at the extreme north of Ratnagiri District...
etc from the Khed deopt. From the Bharne Naka( 2KM from Khed deopt, it is a small junction at the NH-17), one can avail buses to virtually all the corners 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...
, Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
and Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
.
Auto Rickshaws are in abundance. With the two wheeler industry in full swing youngsters enjoy their conveyance through the motorbykes.
Notable People
The people of Shirshi have a distinction of showing their presence in some of the Maharashtra'sMaharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
well known cities like Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Thane
Thane
Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, Bhiwandi
Bhiwandi
Bhiwandi is a city, in the district of Thane, in the western state of Maharashtra, in India, located 20 km to the north-east of Mumbai and 15 km to the north-east of Thane city...
, Jalgaon, Khamgaon
Khamgaon
Khamgaon is an industrial town and an emerging corporate tehsil in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, India. Khamgaon used to be the largest trading centre for cotton in Asia.-Geography:...
, Jalna
Jalna (city)
Jalna is a city and a municipal council in Jalna district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Jalna was formerly a part of Nizam State as a tahsil of Aurangabad district....
, Akole
Akole
Akole is a city in Akole tehsil of Ahmednagar district state of Maharashtra. in IndiaAkole is a Taluka Place in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra State India.Well Surrounded with the mountains of Sahyadri....
, Latur
LaTur
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and Solapur
Solapur
Solapur is a city in South Western Maharashtra, India governed by municipal corporation.Solapur is one of the four districts that form the region of Western Maharashtra . It is the fourth largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land area and seventh largest in terms of population...
.
Majority of the people have their surnames as Hamdulay (or Hamdule), Mukadam, Chinkate, Patil and Chauhan. The other surnames include Siddique, Mandlekar, Gaundhlekar, Walapkar, Kupe, Tambe and Mali.