| Voice of Jodhpur : Saaid
Infrastructure is very weak
Literacy rates are very low.
Employment opportunities are limited
After the new government came into power the issue of electricity
was solved to a great extent. Now we need not borrow power from
the neighboring district
Jodhpur District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 22783.0 Km2
Population in Jodhpur (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 3685681
Male : 1924326
Female : 1761355
Under 6 population
Total : 592959
Male : 313704
Female : 279255
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 77925
In seeing : 44855
In speech : 4158
In hearing : 4165
In movement : 18409
Mental : 6338
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 226
Sex Ratio Rank : 175
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 38 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 434 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limit
Brief About Jodhpur District
Black buck case: Salman pleads not guilty
June 04, 2005
Actor Salman Khan today pleaded not guilty in a Jodhpur court where
he finally recorded his statement in the black buck shooting case
of 1998. He is being tried in four cases registered against him
in 1998 for allegedly killing protected Black Bucks and Chinkaras
in forests around Jodhpur.
Location
Jodhpur district is centrally located in western
part of the state. It is headquarter of western districts of the
state, i.e., Pali, Jodhpur Nagaur, Sirohi, Barmer, Jalore and Jaisalmer.
It is boun by Bikaner and Jaisalmer districts in the north, Barmer
and Pali districts in south, Nagaur district in the east and Jaisalmer
district in the west.
Distance from major Cities
- Jaipur-338 Kms
- Delhi-604 Kms
- Ahmedabad-460 Kms
- Mumbai-1011 Kms
Climate and Rainfall
- The minimum temperature has been recorded at 2 degrees Celsius
and maximum temperature varies between 45 degrees Celsius.
- The rainfall in the district varies between 10.3 cm. to 64 cm.
and average being 27.94 cm.
Administractive Setup
The district is divided into two sub-divisions,
i.e. Jodhpur & Phalodi and six tehsils, i.e. Jodhpur, Osian,
Phalodi, Bilara, Bhopalgarh and Balesar and nine panchayat samities.
Major Crops and their production
| Production: 1999-00 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Wheat |
55,060 |
| Bajra |
36,538 |
| Red chillies |
9,105 |
| Pulses |
7,900 |
| Ground nut |
2,735 |
| Jowar |
1,178 |
| Gram |
488 |
| Seasamum |
343 |
Infrastructure
- Electricity
The main source of supply of power to Jodhpur
are Kota atomic power station, Bhakra-Vyas project, Rana Pratap
Sagar and Jawahar Sagar dams. Electrification of villages has
been done to the extent of 100 % out of 860 villages. Presently
there is one grid sub-station of 220 kva, six grid sub-section
of 132 kv & fifty two 33/11 kv sub stations upto 31 March
2000.
- Water
There are about 1313 tube wells in the district
and by and large major portion of the irrigation is being carried
out with the help of wells, which number about 15631. There
is a single river "Luni" which flows in the district
and 15,000 hectartes land area is being irrigated by it.
- Road Transport
The district has road connections with Sirohi, Pali, Bikaner,
Nagaur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Jalore, Barmer and Jaisalmer. The length
of the roads in the district is 5825 km as on 31 March 2000.
- Rail Transport
The district is directly connected by meter
gauge railway lines with Pali, Sirohi, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner,
Nagaur, Jalore, Ahmedabad, Churu and by broad gauge railway
lines with Jaipur, Delhi, Kota, Mumbai, Howrah and Lucknow.
Total length of railway lines in the district is 344 km.
- Air Transport
Jodhpur is connected to Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer,
Delhi and Mumbai.
- Communication Facilities
| (Nos) |
| Post offices |
399 |
| Telegraph offices |
86 |
| Telephone exchanges |
85 |
| Public call offices |
822 |
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