| Voice of Kota : Abhishek
Maleti
The health infrastructure is weak.
We have a government hospital which is poorly maintained.
We do not have ICU, ambulance & good techniques and equipments.
Women are adversely affected.
People are forced to go to different villages or districts to get
treated when suffering from dreadful disease.
Kota District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 5443.0 Km2
Population in Kota (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1950491
Male : 1023153
Female : 927338
Under 6 population
Total : 248585
Male : 131595
Female : 116990
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 32862
In seeing : 14585
In speech : 1880
In hearing : 1678
In movement : 11018
Mental : 3701
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 202
Sex Ratio Rank : 145 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 277 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 149 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Kota District
Location
The district is bound on the north and north west
by Sawai Madhopur, Tonk and Bundi districts. The Chambal river separates
these districts from Kota district, forming the natural boundary.
Distance from major Cities
- Jaipur- 239 kms
- Delhi-505 kms
Climate and Rainfall
- The mean daily maximum temperature is 42.6 degrees celsius.
- The mean daily manimum is 29.7 degrees celsius.
- The average annual rainfall in the district is 885.6 mm.
Administrative Setup
For administrative purposes, the area has been divided into two
sub- divisions viz. Kota, Ramganj Mandi, which in turn are divided
into five tehsils.
Infrastructure
- Electricity
Electric power is made available to Kota from the genration
of electricity from Rana Pratap Sagar (172 mw), Jawahar Sagar
(99 mw), Kota Thermal Power Station (850 mw), Rajasthan Atomic
Power Project (440 mw). The third stage of Kota Thermal Power
Plant (210 mw) has started, increasing thereby the total capacity
to 850 mw. Out of the total 811 villages, 782 have were electrified
upto 31 March 2000.
- Water
The water for irrigation is available from Chambal canal in
the tehsils of Ladura, Digod and Pipalda besides wells/tube
wells. All the 5 towns of the district has already been covered
under drinking water supply scheme.
- Road Transport
The district is well connected with neighbouring districts
& with major cities outside the state. National highway
no.12 (Jaipur - Jodhpur) passes through the district. The total
road length in the district is 1,752 km. as on 31 March 2000
- Rail Transport
Delhi-Mumbai railway line passes through the Kota-junction.
The district has 148.83 km railway line on Kota-Ruthia section,
98.72 km on Nagda-Mathura (Mumbai-Delhi) section and 24.26 km
on Kota-Chittorgarh section. The broad gauge railway facility
between Kota & Jodhpur via Jaipur was inagurated recently
- Air Transport
- The nearest airport is at Jaipur (239 kms).
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