| Voice of Jhalawar :
Anis Mohammad

In Jhalawar, agriculture is the only source of income. Government
should provide workshops to farmers to grow high yielding crops.
This will help in generating good income. In Rajasthan Jhalawar
is the only district which has maximum rainfall i.e. 600 to 800
mm. Still we suffer from adverse water shortage. We do have water
but the water sources are not fairly distributed. This is causing
water crunch. If government looks into this issue and brings out
a solution for uninterrupted supply of water it will be of great
help to the farmers.
Jhalawar District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 6219.0 Km2
Population in Jhalawar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1411327
Male : 725667
Female : 685660
Under 6 population
Total : 204140
Male : 107132
Female : 97008
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 26128
In seeing : 12505
In speech : 1341
In hearing : 1631
In movement : 8431
Mental : 2220
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 114
Sex Ratio Rank : 229
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 364 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 423 (Census 2001)

Brief About Jhalawar District
The Princely State of Jhalawar
was created in 1838 A. D. after being separated from Kota by the
British. It got its name derived from Jhalas, the Jhala clan of
Rajputs, also the rulers of Jhalawar.
Lying in the south-eastern region of Rajasthan at the edge of the
Malwa plateau, Jhalawar has rocky, but water-laden verdant landscape,
unlike much of the Rajasthan.
With some exquisite pre-historic cave paintings, massive forts,
thickly-wooded forests and exotic wildlife variety, Jhalawar boasts
of rich historic as well as natural wealth.
Jhalawar region has an exotic flavor with its diverse range of flora
and fauna, with which it is richly-blessed. Red poppy fields add
to the vibrant color, while the saras crane breeding grounds spotlight
the rich avian life dominating Jhalawar territory.
Total area of the district is
6928 km2. Around 21% of this area is forest area. Total length of
tarred roads is around 1400 Km., out of which 94 kms. come in National
Highway range, and 202 kms are in state highway range. District
has 5 Sub-divisions, 7 Tehsils, 4 Sub-Tehsils, and 6 Blocks. Total
revenue villages in the district are 1618.
Location
Jhalwar district is situated in the south-east corner of Rajasthan
at the edge of Malwa Plateau. On the South-West and East it touches
the border of Madhya Pradesh State, in the North, the Mukandra range,
running from North- West to East forms a rough boundary between
the two district viz. Jhalawar and Kota.
Distance from major Cities
- Jairpur-330 kms.
- Kota-85 kms.
- Delhi-584 kms.
Climate and Rainfall
- The minium temperature in the district varies from 1 to 5 degree.
- Maximum temperature in the district varies from 43 to 47 degree.
- The normal annual rainfall in the district is 104.47cm.
Administrative Setup
There are three sub-division,
Jhalawar, Aklera, Bhawani Mandi. There are six panchayat samities
Jhalrapatan, Khanpur, Pirwa, Manohar Thana, Dag and Bakani, six
towns and 1,589 vilalges in the district.
Major Crops and their Production
| Production:
2004-05 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Wheat |
1,61,160 |
| Maize |
67,290 |
| Gram |
15,010 |
| Jowar |
15,010 |
| Paddy |
660 |
| Bajra |
90 |
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Infrastructure
- Electricity
There are two 132/33 KV grid sub-station in
Jhalawar district. One at Jhalawar of 10/12.5 MVA capacity and
another at Bhawani Mandi of the same capacity. The district
has 1448 villages, of which 1316 were electrified as of March
2000.
- Water
As the ground water is available at a depth
of 15 to 20 metres, drinking water does not pose any problem.
The medium soze irrigation projects in the district are Bhim
Sagar Project, Champi Dam and Harish Chandra Sagar Project.
- Road Transport
Almost all the towns and most of the important
places are well connected with the district headquarter. The
Jaipur-Bhopal National Highway also passes through Jhalawar.
The total length of different category of roads in the district
was 1,360 km as of march 2000.
- Rail Transport
Poor rail connectivity. The district is connected
with rail facilities at four places viz. Jhalawar Road, Choumahala,
Pachpahar and Bhawani Mandi which comes in the way of Delhi-Mumbai
broad gauge line of Western Railway.
- Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Udaipur (284 kms)
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Communication Facilities
| (Nos) |
| Post office |
250 |
| Telegraph office |
69 |
| Telephone exchange |
32 |
| Public call office |
702 |
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Industrial Scenario
- No. of large and medium scale running units:3
- No. of small scale units:4,571
- No. of industrial areas:15
- Export items: Guargum powder
- Main industries
Major industries in the district are bricks,
butter and ghee, cotton, ginning and pressing, cotton seed oil,
cotton textiles, cotton yarn, gypsum grinding, IMFL, milk powder,
oil mills, plaster of paris, sugar, rectified spirit, rice milling,
solvent extracted oil and solvent extracted rice bran oil and
cake.
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