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Welcome to Baran
Baran District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
 Geographical Area : 6992.0 Km2
Population in Baran (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1223921
Male : 635495
Female : 588426

Under 6 population
Total : 179496
Male : 94348
Female : 85148

Census 2001
Total disabled population : 21795
In seeing : 9424
In speech : 1333
In hearing : 1839
In movement : 7272
Mental : 1927

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 201
Sex Ratio Rank : 183
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 404 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 385 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Baran, being in the tribal belt is still backward.
People live in absolute poverty.
The tribes of Baran are deprived of education.
In terms of health and sanitation also they are backward.
The facilities provided by government are not reaching the tribes. These are the main reasons obstructing their development.

Brief About Baran District
Location
The district is bound in the north and north-west by Kota, Jhalawar and Bundi districts and in the west by Chittaurgarh.

Climate and Rainfall
The mean daily maximum temperature is 42.6 degrees celsius
Thee mean daily minimum temperature is 29.7 degrees celsius.

Administrative Setup
For administrative purposes, the district has been divided into three sub-division viz., Baran, Shahbad and Chhabra consisting altogether of seven tehsils.

Major Crops and Their Production

Production: 1999-00
Tonnes
Wheat 2,40,958
Maize 26,631
Gram 10,742
Sugarcane 7,032
Jowar 3,374
Paddy 1,730
Groundnut 1,210
Sesamum 51

Infrastructure
Electricity
There are three power houses in Baran district with a generation capacity of 12 MW. These are located at Baran and Chhabra. Of the 1070 villages, 1037 villages were electrified as on 31 March 2000.

Water
The water for irrigation is available from Chambal canal in the tehsils of Baran and Mangrol besides wells/tube wells. All the 5 towns of the district have already been covered under drinking water supply scheme and there are 39 water supply schemes operating in the district.

Road Transport
The district is well connected to all district headquarters of the State. The total road length in the district was 1,491 kms as on 31 March 2000.

Rail Transport
The district has 95 kms railway line on Kota-Baran route.

Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Jaipur (239 kms)

Communication Facilities
Post offices : 197
Telegraph offices : 53
Telephone exchanges : 24
Public call offices : 724

Medical and Public Health Service
At the district headquarter, Baran has "B" grade district hospital, one maternity and child welfare centre, 3 dispensaries and 4 urban family welfare centres. There are 47 dispensaries/hospitals in the district.
 
Voice of Baran NGO
How we have chosen the above NGO ?
From our database of 50 000 NGOs, we have randomly picked up NGOs for each district, so that we give opportunity for any NGO to share their concerns for the district.

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During 2013-14, we plan to talk to 3 to 5 NGOs from each district, including our set of recommended NGOs, to get an overall perspective of the challenges of the district.


NGO Database for this district
Total NGOs  
FCRA NGOs  
FCRA NGOs (1 crore plus)*  
Recommended NGOs  
* NGOs which received over Rs 1 crore FCRA donations in 2011-12
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