- Jalor district
Jalor District is a district of
Rajasthan state in westernIndia . The city ofJalore is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has an area of 10,640 km² (3.11 percent of Rajasthan's area), and a population of 1,448,486 (2001 census), with a population density of 136 persons per square kilometre.Geography
The district is bounded on the northwest by
Barmer District , on the northeast byPali District , on the southeast bySirohi District , and byBanaskantha District ofGujarat state on the southwest. The main cities, towns & villages of Jalor district areJalore ,Bhinmal ,Ahore ,Sanchore ,Raniwara ,Bagra ,Bhadrajun ,Siana (Rajasthan) ,Bishangarh ,Ummedabad ,Sayla ,Bagoda ,Hadecha ,Jaswantpura ,Ramsin &Daspan ,citalwana , Megalva etc.The total area of the district is 10,640 km². The altitude is 268 mts, latitude is 25.22 N and longitude is 72.58 E.
The main river of the district is
Sukri , a tributary ofLuni river.Administrative set-up
The district is made up of two sub -divisions-
Jalore andBhinmal .The Jalore sub division covers two tehsils namely
Ahore and Jalore and three panchayat{block} samitis namely Jalore,Ahor andSayla .The Bhinmal sub division covers three tehsils namely Bhinmal,
Sanchore andRaniwara and four panchayat{block} samitis namelyBhinmal ,Sanchore ,Raniwara andJaswantpura .Economy
The economy of district is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry.The oilseeds specially mustard oil seed is predominant crop. Wheat,
bajra , kharif pulses,barley ,jowar and seasmum are other produces.Of late some mineral based industries are set up based on mineral available from local mines. The main minerals produced are:
Gypsum ,limestone , bajari, murram,granite , and graded flourite.There is no large and medium size industry in the district. The main small scale industries are :granite slabs and tiles, marble cutting and polishing, mustard seed crushing, skimmed milk powder, butter and ghee, handloom cloth, leather shoes (mojari). There are four industrial areas in the district.
Infrastructure
Electricity
There are two sub grid stations of 220 KV at Jalore and Bhinmal. The district receives power from Dewari grid station in
Udaipur District . Almost all villages of the district are electrified.A small area is irrigated from water of
Jawai dam .The main source of irrigation continues to be wells. Over exploitation of ground water has meant that farmers have to dig deeper.Sanchore tehsil will get water from Narmada canal project when completed.
Transport
National Highway no 15 (
Bhatinda -Kandla ) passes through the district. The total road length in the district is about 2800 km.The district is connected by meter gauge railway line of
North Western Railway .Samadari-Bhildi branch line passes through the district connecting Jalore and Bhinmal towns. There are 15 railway stations and 127 km of railway line in the district.The nearest airport is
Jodhpur .There is also an air strip at village Nun about 35 km from Jalore town.Climate
The minimum and maximum temperatures of the district are 4 degrees and 40.9 degrees respectively. The average rainfall is 41.9 mm. The climate of district is dry and with extremes.
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