The town is situated on the bank of river Ghod and hence it was also known as Ghodnadi in 20th Century.

The town is on the border of Pune & Ahmed Nagar District and hence, main trading center for Shirur Taluka as well as Parner Taluka located in Ahmed Nagar District.

The famous Ranjangaon MIDC is host many multinational manufacturing companies .

Shirur had a literacy rate of 82.37% and a sex ratio of 916 females per 1000 males.

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