Shirwad

Shirwad is a village 6 km. north-east of Karwar town on the sea coast of Karnataka state in India.

Karwar Railway Station at Shirwad

Shirwad landscape

Greenery of Shirwad

A road from Karwar to Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant passes through Shirwad.

Karwar is one of the important stations on the famous Konkan Railway route and the Railway Station of Karwar is located at Shirwad. One end of India's 9th longest railway tunnel, 2,950 metres long, is also situated at Shirwad.

Shirwad has a rural setting with agricultural fields and rivulets. Flanked on one side by the densely forested hills of the Western Ghats, Shirwad is really picturesque. It also has an Industrial area with Small Scale Industrial Units.

The other landmarks of Shirwad are:

• Sharda Ashram
• Gokul
• Puneetha Sadan (Seminary and residence of Bishop of Karwar)
• Maria Magnoflora Hospital
• Olive Garden Resort (earlier known as Hidden Valley Resort)
• KRCL Colony

The STD Code of Shirwad is 08382. Its PIN Code is 581306.