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Welcome to Churu
Churu District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 16830.0 Km2
Population in Churu (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2041172
Male : 1053375
Female : 987797

Under 6 population
Total : 313852
Male : 165521
Female : 148331

Census 2001
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 37116
In seeing : 15131
In speech : 2619
In hearing : 2890
In movement : 12695
Mental : 3781

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Sex Ratio Rank : 336
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 248 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 251 (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 literacy rate is below average. The numbers are very unsatisfactory.
People lack knowledge about computers also.
People of Churu depend solely on agriculture for a livelihood.
The crop cultivation is affected due to droughts and famine. People are ignorant about other alternative livelihood opportunities.
The facilities and infrastructure provided by government is hardly maintained.

Brief About Churu District

 Location
The district is located in the North-Eastern Rajasthan. It is bounded by Sri Ganganagar district in the North, by Sikar and Jhunjhunun and Hissar district of Haryana in the East, by Nagaur in the South and in the West by Bikaner.

Distance from Major Cities

  • Jaipur -189 kms.
  • Delhi -282 kms.
  • Ahmedabad-814 kms.
  • Mumbai-1365 kms.
Climate and Rainfal
  • The district has dry climate with large variation in temperature.
  • The minimum and maximum temperature varies from 0.5 to 48.2 degree celsius
  • The normal rainfall is only 32.8 cm.

Major Crops and their Production

Production: 1999-00

(Tonnes)

Bajra

27,680

Wheat

60,654

Rapeseed and Mustard

24,705

Pulses

9,594

Gram

316

Infrastructure

Electricity
Power supply to the district is from Bhakra hydel Complex through 132 KV lines coming via Hissar in Haryana. of the total 926 vilalges in the district, 902 villages have been electrified.

Water
Water is available at the depth of 30 to 48 metres except in some places viz. Sujangarh and Tonaragarh tehsils.

Road Transport
The district has good conections within and ouotside the State. National Highway No.11 (Agra-Bikaner) passes through the district. The total length of roads in the district is 3,010 km.

Rail Transport
Churu district is served by meter gauge lines of Northern and Western Railways. Total length of rail line is 363 km.

Air Transport
Nearest airport is at Jaipur (189 km.)

Communication Facilities

(Nos.)
Post offices 392
Telegraph offices 89
Telephone exchanges 83
Public call offices 682

 
 
Voice of Churu 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.

If you want your NGO to be covered in this space, send a mail to Rohini

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
To know more about this database, send a mail to Rohini@IndianNGOs.com
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