Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 248
Sex Ratio Rank : 335
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 114 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 423 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
The main challenges we face is related to water.
The level of ground water has gone very low. There is shortage of
clean drinking water.
The rainfall is also very erratic.
Brief About Nagaur District
Location
Because of its central situation in Rajasthan, it shares its border
with several other districts of the state. In the north, it is
bound by Bikaner and Churu districts, in the east by Sikar and
Jaipur districts, in the south by Ajmer and Pali districts and
in the west by Jodhpur district.
Distance from major Cities
- Jaipur-247 kms
- Delhi-500 kms
- Ahmedabad-872 kms
- Mumbai-1,432 kms
Climate and Rainfall
- The mean temperature is 23.5 degree celsius
- The mean maximum temperature is 47 degrees celsius.
- The mean minimum is 3 degrees celsius.
- The average rainfall in the district is 38.86 cms.
Administrative Set up
For the purpose of administration, the district
is divided into four administrative sub-division, viz., Nagaur,
Merta, Deedwana and Parbatsar. Each sub-division is divided into
two tehsils viz., Nagaur, Jayal, Merta, Degana, Deedwana, Ladnu,
Parbatsar and Nava.
Infrastructure
- Electricity
There is no source of electricity generation
in the district. All the power consumed is received from other
places. Special attention gas has been given to rural electrification
and by March 1993, 1374 villages were electrified. There are
nine 33/11 kv power sub-stations in the district with the
capacity of 183.79 mva. The number of power connections released
were 1,57,116 as on 31 March 2000.
- Water
River Luni is a non-perennial river, it rises near Pushkar
in Ajmer district and after passing over the western slopes
of the Aravali, it crosses Nagaur district in the south and
flows through it towards the west for nearly 37 km. before
entering into Pali
- Road Transport
All the important places in the district
are connected with bus services. Total length of different
category of roads in the district was about 5,038 km as of
March 2000.
- Rail Transport
Nagaur town in the district is connected
by a broad gauge line with Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner and Delhi.
Total length of railway line within the district is 384 km.
- Air Transport
The neareat air port is at Jodhpur (137 km)
- Communication Facilities
| (Nos) |
| Post offices |
542 |
| Telegraph offices |
165 |
| Telephone exchanges |
98 |
| Public call offices |
1026 |