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Malshiras | |
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Town, Taluka | |
  Malshiras Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°55′N 74°57′E / 17.92°N 74.95°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Solapur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 02185 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-45 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Akluj |
| Climate | Dry and hot (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 45 °C (113 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 12 °C (54 °F) |
Malshiras is a town and the headquarters of Malshiras taluka in Solapur district of Maharashtra state in western India. Its governing body is promoted to Nagar Panchayat from a Gram Panchayat in 2017. There are many popular towns in Malshiras taluka such as Akluj, Natepute, Mahalung (for famous Yamai Devi temple), Malinagar, Velapur (for famous Ardhnari Nateshwar temple) and popular Villages like Rajapur (Islampur) Goradwadi, Bhamburdi, Medad and Palasmandal. Rajapur (Islampur) is adjacent to Malshiras which has good literacy rate and having historic samadhi mandir of Veer Santaji Ghorpade.
This taluka headquarters has a post and telegraph office, Gram-panchayat and panchayat samiti, Primary health center monitored by Zilla-parishad, Solapur. Generally wells are the main source of water-supply. Primary schools conducted by the Zilla Parishad and one high school known as the Gopalrao Dev Prashala and Jr. College cater to the educational needs of the town populace.
A weekly open market is held on every Thursday. There is one movie theatre near canal no. 58.
The Hanumaan temple (town god) near the natural canal is especially famous one.
The current representative of Malsiras (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is Ram Satpute