Phufire, Shirala

Phufire (फुफिरे) is a village located in the Shirala Taluka of Sangli district of Maharashtra. The village falls in Shirala block and comes under Phuphere Village Panchayat. It belongs to Hatkanangle parliament constituency and Shirala assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Phufire is 1.3 thousands out of which 601 are males and rest 655 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1090 females per 1000 males. There are around 101 teenagers in Phufire. It has literacy rate of 68% which means around 855 persons can read and write. Total 214 people belonging to scheduled caste and 2 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 339 households in Phufire, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 591. The pincode of Phufire is 415408 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Shirala Sub Post office
• Antri Budruk Branch Post office
• Aundhi Branch Post office
• Shirashi Branch Post office
• Tadavale Branch Post office

Schools

Phufire has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Samaj Vikas Vidyalay
• New English School &junior Coll. Shirala
• Kanya Shala Shirala
• Vishvas Vidyaniketan Vidy.Chikhali
• Shri.Shiv Chhatrapati Madhyamik Vidyalay & Late Vasantrao(Baba)naik Junior College Science Shirala

Hospitals

Phufire has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Biaur Sub-Center
• Sirasi Primary Health Center
• Shirshi Sub-Center
• Dhamwade Sub-Center
• Sagaon Sub-Center

Banks

Phufire has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• ICICI Bank Shirala
• The Karad Urban Cooperative Bank Shirala
• Rajarambapu Sahakari Bank Shirala
• Yes Bank Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahkari Bank Head Office
• Yes Bank Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahkari Bank Shirala