| Voice of Bikaner : Devaki
Tiwari
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:
· Literacy among the rural women is very minimal.
· Awareness of health & hygiene is also very weak, specially
in the rural areas of the district.
· There is no adequate treatment or facility available for
pregnant women. They are taken to hospitals, which are far away
from their village.
· Bad condition of roads leads to many problems like death
of the pregnant women or child while taking them for delivery.
Bikaner District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 27284.0 Km2
Population in Bikaner (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2367745
Male : 1243916
Female : 1123829
Under 6 population
Total : 394396
Male : 207364
Female : 187032
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 27308
In seeing : 12334
In speech : 1919
In hearing : 1918
In movement : 8362
Mental : 2775
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 299
Sex Ratio Rank : 128 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 346 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 431 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Bikaner District
Location
Bikaner is one of the desert districts situated in the north-west
of Rajasthan. It is bound in the north by districts of Sri Ganganagar,
on the west by Jaisalmer and Pakistan , Churu in the east and Nagaur
and Jodhpur in the south-east.
Distance from major cities
- Jaipur-320 kms.
- Delhi-615 kms.
- Ahmedabad-945 kms.
- Mumbai-1,496 kms.
Climate and Rainfall
- Maximum temperature in the district is 48 degrees celsius
- Minimum temperature is minus one degree celsius
- The annual rainfall is 24.30 cms
Administrative Setup
Bikaner (North), Bikaner (South) and Kolayat are the
three sub-divisions in the district. The Bikaner North sub-division
has only one tehsil while Bikaner South sub-division has two tehsils
namely, Loonkaransar and Nokha.
Major Crops and Their Production
| Production: 1999-00) |
| (Tonnes) |
| Pulses |
55,068 |
| Groundnut |
30,179 |
| Wheat |
99,701 |
| Gram |
48,738 |
| Rapeseed and Mustard |
32,577 |
| Sugarcane |
1,715 |
| Jowar |
160 |
Minerals
| Production: 1999-00) |
| (Tonnes) |
| Clay |
3,55,603 |
| Gypsum |
6,37,100 |
| Fire Clay |
1,12,057 |
| Ochre |
1,257 |
Infrastructur
- Electricity
The capacity of existing Grid sub-stations in Bikaner district
is 62.0 MVA.
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Water
Ground water occurs in the rocks of the trans-Aravalli,
Vindhyan and territory formations at depth of 60 meters which
increases towards the west and north. Around Kolyat, the depth
ranges from 100 m to 135 m. The Indira Gandhi Nahar Project
will benefit 188 villages of the district and 2.60 million acres
of land.
- Road Transport
The district is well connected with metallic roads with all
nearby district namely Jodhpur, Nagaur, Churu and Sri Ganganagar.
The National Highway No.11 connecting Bikaner with Agra also
ends in Bikaner itself. The total length of different category
of roads in the district is about 3,624 kms as on 31 March 2000.
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Rail Transport
The total rail network found in the district has the rail length
of 234.96 kms. The district is connected with Howrah by broad
gauge and with Delhi, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Sri Ganganagar, Agra
and Bhatinda by metre gauge railway line.
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Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Jaipur (320 Kms)
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Communication Facilities
| (No.) |
| Post offices |
221 |
| Telegraph offices |
97 |
| Telephone exchanges |
61 |
| Public call offices |
537 |
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