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Welcome to Chittorgarh
Chittorgarh District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 10856.0 Km2
Population in Chittaurgarh (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1544392
Male : 784054
Female : 760338

Under 6 population
Total : 209376
Male : 110047
Female : 99329

Census 2001
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 44200
In seeing : 21425
In speech : 2052
In hearing : 2807
In movement : 14443
Mental : 3473

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 259
Sex Ratio Rank : 400
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 193 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 465 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:
· Facility available for irrigation is not very good. This affects the growth of the crops.
· Available water for agriculture is not adequately utilized in the fields.
· Lack of electricity for the farmers in order to carry out their daily activities.
· Scarcity of drinking water is increasing day by day. People have to travel 3 to 4 km in order to get pure drinking water.
· The corruption in NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) has to be stopped, then only our common man get complete benefit of the same.

Brief About Chittorgarh District
Location
Chittaurgarh district lies in the south-eastern part of the State. It is surrounded by Kot in the east and Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh and Banswara in the south-west, Udaipur and Rajsamand in the west and Bhilwara and Bundin in the north.

Distance from major Cities

  • Jaipur-309 kms.
  • Delhi-570 kms.
  • Ahmedabad-422 kms.
  • Mumbai-973 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

  • Mean maximum temperature of the district is 45 degrees celsius
  • Mean minimum temperature is 7 degrees celsius
  • Normal rainfall is 85.21 cms.

Administrative Setup
For the purpose of administration, the district is divided into 5 administrative sub-divisions and 12 tehsils.

Major Crops and Their Production
The main agricultural crops grown in the district re maize, jowar, paddy, wheat, barley, gram, pulses, groundnut, til, cotton and sugarcane

Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Paddy 1,349
Jowar 9,518
Maize 1,98,299
Pulses 53,743
Sesamum 989
Groundnut 47,211
Sugarcane 83,940
Wheat 2,44,684
Barley 5,523
Gram 42,610
Rapeseed and Mustard 29,471

Minerals

Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Lime Stone (Cement Grade) 71,53,000
Kaolin 40,929
Laterite 88,811
Ochre 3,17,905
Silica Sand 27,445
Lime Stone 7,153
Silver 35

Infrastructure

Electricity
There are thirty-two 33/11 KV Sub-stations in the district with a total capacity of 80.28 MVA. As of 31 March 2000, 2,078 villages of the 2,172 villages were electrified.

Water
Chittorgarh is one of the most fertile districts of Rajasthan. The ground water in the district occurs pblackominantly in the bedrock where the water level is normally about 10 metres below the ground level. The main rivers of the district are Chambal, Banas, Orai, Zakam, Gambhiri. Several major irrigation projects have been constructed by impounding the course of Gambhiri, Berach, Wagon.

Road Transport
The district is well connected with metallic roads with all nearby districts namely, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Banswara and Bundi. The total length of different categories of roads in the districts is about 2,831 kms as on 31 March 2000.

Rail Transport
The Chittorgarh district is connected with Kota and Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh by broad gauge and with Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Himatnagar, Ahmedabad and Ratlam via Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh by meter gauge railway line. The total railway line is 127 kms.

Air Transport
The nearest airport is Udaipur (116 kms.)

Communication Facilities

(No.)
Post offices 401
Telegraph offices 61
Telephone exchanges 58
Public call offices 780

 
 
Voice of Chittorgarh 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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