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Maharashtra · Updated 2026-10-20

WhatsApp Business API for Shirpur's feed makers, cotton trade and campus town

On the Tapi, under the Satpudas, Shirpur's dairy farmers, cotton traders and students all start the same way: by writing first.

Shirpur sits on the Tapi at the foot of the Satpudas, a town known for the way it holds its rainwater. A dairy farmer's question about de-oiled cake opens a 24-hour window; the order and the delivery follow.

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State
Maharashtra
District
Dhule; one of its tahsils[1]
Rivers
The Tapi and the Arunavati[4]
District ODOP
De-oiled cake; textiles[3]
PIN
425405, on NH 3[2]
Billing
₹ with GST to your Maharashtra GSTIN

For Shirpur's de-oiled cake makers and feed dealers, the cotton traders and textile units of Dhule district, the hostels and shops around the NMIMS campus on the Tapi, and the transporters on the Mumbai–Agra highway: one feed order in chat, which messages are replies and which are templates, Marathi templates and rates.

A town that holds its water

Shirpur's name travels for one idea, and its trade for a few plain ones.

Dhule district lies at the foot of the Satpuda hills, with the Tapi, the Panzara, the Arunavati and other rivers running through it. Shirpur is one of its tahsils, on the Tapi and the Arunavati, and on National Highway 3 between Mumbai and Agra.

Since October 2004 the town has given its name to the Shirpur pattern, a way of conserving water. Around it, cotton and maize are the main crops, and Marathi and Ahirani are the languages people speak. Dhule's ODOP entries are de-oiled cake and textiles.

On the bank of the Tapi at Babulde, SVKM's NMIMS runs its Shirpur campus, with schools of technology management and engineering, of pharmacy, and of aviation. Students and their parents add another set of conversations to a town of farmers, feed dealers and traders.

See it work

One de-oiled cake order from a Shirpur unit

A dairy farmer asks a Shirpur feed unit whether de-oiled cake is in stock. Step through the chat to see where replies end and templates begin.

The stock answer, the price list and the questions about grades are replies at ₹0.145 each. The confirmation and the out-for-delivery note are utility templates at ₹0.19, because they report on an order the farmer placed.

Write both templates once in Marathi, get them approved, and let the order book fill in the order number, the bags and the tempo.

A dairy farmer's feed order, question to delivery

6 / 6
Feed unit, ShirpurBusiness account

Today

  1. Customer: Namaskar. Do you have de-oiled cake in stock? I need twenty bags for my cattle.10:30
  2. Feed unit, Shirpur: DocumentDocumentNamaskar. Yes, both grades are in stock. This week's price list is attached.10:31Read
  3. Customer: The first grade, twenty bags. Can it come to the village by Saturday?10:32
  4. Feed unit, Shirpur: Order confirmedOrder 52: 20 bags of de-oiled cake, first grade. Delivery on Saturday. Pay the driver or by UPI on arrival.Reply here with any question10:33Delivered
  5. WhatsApp notice: Saturday morning: the window has closed
  6. Feed unit, Shirpur: Out for deliveryOrder 52 has left Shirpur. The tempo number and the driver's phone are below.Call the driver10:35Delivered

Message 6 of 6

Feed unit, ShirpurTemplateDelivered (two grey ticks)

Utility template: only templates can reach a farmer whose window has closed

A pre-approved template with header, body, footer and buttons — the only way to message a customer outside the 24-hour window.

An illustrative conversation with no real rates or names. The farmer's message opens a 24-hour window for free-form replies; the order confirmation and the delivery note are utility templates.

Message 6 of 6: Feed unit, Shirpur, Template, Delivered (two grey ticks). Utility template: only templates can reach a farmer whose window has closed

Who in Shirpur writes back on WhatsApp

Four kinds of business that follow from the district's ODOP entries, the town's crops, the campus and the highway.

De-oiled cake makers and feed dealers

De-oiled cake is Dhule's ODOP entry, sold to dairy farmers and feed shops who ask about stock, grades and delivery days.[3]

  • Stock and price lists in reply
  • Order confirmations
  • Out-for-delivery notes

Cotton traders and textile units

Cotton is one of Shirpur's main crops and textiles are the district's second ODOP entry, so traders and units deal with growers and mills.[4],[3]

  • Buying dates in reply
  • Weighment and payment receipts
  • Dispatch notes to mills

Hostels, messes and shops near the campus

The NMIMS campus at Babulde has schools of engineering, pharmacy and aviation, and students and parents ask nearby businesses about rooms, meals and supplies.[2]

  • Room questions in reply
  • Fee-due reminders
  • Order-ready notes

Transporters on the Mumbai–Agra highway

National Highway 3 runs through Shirpur, so goods for and from the town move by road in both directions.[4],[2]

  • Lorry and driver details
  • Arrival notes
  • Proof of delivery on request

Marathi for templates, Ahirani in conversation

Marathi, Hindi and English are Meta template languages, each version approved separately. Ahirani, spoken around Shirpur, is not, so templates go in Marathi.

Inside the 24-hour window, replies can be in Ahirani, Marathi or any language the customer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.

Meta template languages relevant to Shirpur
LanguageMeta codeUse it for
MarathimrFarmers, shops and most customers around Shirpur
HindihiBuyers and transporters from across the Madhya Pradesh border
English (India)en_INStudents, parents from other states, mills and invoices

Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR

What a Shirpur unit's messages cost

A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a reply to a farmer who asked, ₹0.19 for an order or delivery note, ₹0.94 for a new-stock offer and ₹0.14 for a passcode.

Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC

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₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD

₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD

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₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD

₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD

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Per message to Shirpur · India

InfiQ per-message rates for Shirpur in rupees and USD
Category₹ INRUSD
Marketing₹0.9435$0.0099
Utility₹0.1941$0.0020
Authentication₹0.1402$0.0015
Service₹0.1450$0.0015
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
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Chile$0.0822₹7.8162$0.0185₹1.7585$0.0185₹1.7585$0.0185₹1.7585
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What a Shirpur business runs on InfiQ

Matched to the order in the chat above.

  1. Shared team inbox

    The owner, the godown and the delivery desk answer one number, so a farmer's stock question is answered while the window is open.

  2. Template manager and library

    Keep the order and out-for-delivery templates in Marathi, approved and ready for the messages that fall after the window.

  3. InfiQ Flows chatbot builder

    A campus hostel can let parents pick a room type and a move-in date from a short automated chat before staff take over.

  4. Developer API and webhooks

    A feed unit's order book can send the confirmation and delivery note through InfiQ's API when an order is saved.

Nearby

City pages near Shirpur

The nearest markets with their own pages in Khandesh and across the border in Madhya Pradesh, nearest first.

This page stays with Shirpur's feed, cotton, campus and highway. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.

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Questions Shirpur businesses ask

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Sources

Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.

  1. [1]Dhule district: official website · District Administration, Dhule · read 2026-10-20
  2. [2]Mukesh Patel Technology Park, Shirpur Campus · SVKM's NMIMS · read 2026-10-20
  3. [3]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-20
  4. [4]Shirpur (history and general town profile) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-20
  5. [5]Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-20

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