| Voice of Jalor : Bhabhoot
Ram Solankee
Jalor is one of the backward districts of Rajasthan. Awareness,
education, employment and health are the main areas where our district
needs urgent attention. Our livelihood is through agriculture and
animal rearing. Due to less rainfall farmers are suffering huge
losses.
Jalor District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 10640.0 Km2
Population in Jalor (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1830151
Male : 937918
Female : 892233
Under 6 population
Total : 313808
Male : 165979
Female : 147829
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 56769
In seeing : 38498
In speech : 2180
In hearing : 2855
In movement : 10315
Mental : 2921
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 319
Sex Ratio Rank : 397
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 124 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 537 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Jalor District
Location
Jalore district is surrounded by Barmer on the North-West, Sirohi
on the South-East, Pali on the North-East and Banaskantha district
of Gujarat on the South-Western part of Rajasthan.
Climate and Rainfall
- The climate of the district is very dry with large extremes
of temperature and low rainfall.
- The average maximum and minimum temperature in the district
are 40.9 and 4 degree celsius resepectively.
- Average annual rainfall in the region is 41.9 mm.
Administrative Set-up
The district is composed of two sub-divisions viz.
Jalore and Bhinmal which is covering five tehsils viz. Ahore, Jalor,
Bhinmal, Raniwara and Sanchore which covers seven blocks/panchayat
samities.
Major Crops and their Production
| Production: 1999-00 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Oil seeds |
1,02,824 |
| Wheat |
61,666 |
| Bajra |
6,125 |
| Kharif pulses |
1,375 |
| Barley |
1,157 |
| Gram |
844 |
| Jowar |
567 |
| Seasmum |
125 |
Minerals
| Production: 1999-00 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Gypsum |
1,15,770 |
| Limestone |
1,09,358 |
| Bajari |
82,230 |
| Murram |
29,438 |
| Granite |
19,380 |
| Flourite (graded) |
4,265 |
Infrastructure
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Electricity
There are two sub grid stations of 132/33 KV,
one at Jalore with 12.5 MVA capacity and other at Bhinmal with
2X10/12.5 MVA capacity. Thus the total capacity of 132/33 KV
system in the district is 50MVA. The district is also receiving
power from Dewari grid station (Udaipur). 665 villages and 664
are electrified as an 31st March 2000.
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Water
The wells continue to be the major source of water
& irrigation. The net irrigated area in the district is
0.216 mln. hectares.
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Road Transport
National Highway No.15, (Bhatinda-Kandla) passes
through the district. All the block head quarters are connected
with bus routes. The total road length in the district is about
2660 km. as on 31 March 2000.
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Rail Transport
-
The district is connected by the Meter guage
line of the Northern Railways. A branch line viz. Samdari-Raniwara
passes through the district which connects Jalore & Bhinmal
towns with 15 stations & 127 km. total length of Railway
line.
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Air Transport
The nearest Airport is at Jodhpur.
Communication Facilities
| (Nos) |
| Post offices |
265 |
| Telephone exchanges |
61 |
| Telegraph offices |
60 |
| Public call offices |
513 |
| Telephone connections |
3,747 |
| STD/PCO |
52 |
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