Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 374
Sex Ratio Rank : 9
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 497 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 495 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Jaisalmer faces acute water shortage.
This leads to frequent load shedding.
Women are not educated.
Government should take steps to empower women

Chandra Mohan Kewalia, local NGO
lliteracy is one of the major concerns of the district, as awareness among people regarding the same is very low.
Access of fresh water is another growing apprehension in the district, as the only source of water are rains which now have become irregular in nature.
Animal husbandry is our district’s main occupation. And improper availability of grasslands is affecting animals, as they are not getting sufficient food. As a result most of the animals die.

Brief About Jaisalmer District

Location
Jaisalmer is the Westen most district of Rajasthan as well as that of India. It extends from 26.01 degrees to 28.02 degrees North latitude and from 69.3 degrees to 72.2 East longitude. The district is bound by Pakistan on its North and West, Barmer on South, Jodhpur on East and Bikaner on North-East.

Distance from major Cities

Climate and Rainfall

Major Crops and their Production

Minerals

Infrastructure

• One gas based power project is being implemented at Ramgarh with initial capacity of 3MW which now has got the sanction for increasing the capacity upto 160 MW. There are 518 village, of which 252 are electrified upto 31 March 2000.

• Water

  The water level in the district varies from 30 metres to 130 metres. Till now, the Feeder Canal and the main canal having the length of 204 km. and 445 km. long distributary system and the water in the main canal has reached upto Mohangarh of Jaisalmer district.

• Road Transport

  Being the border district, the district possesses very good road network and almost all the towns and most the important places are well connected with the district Headquarter. The total length of the road network is 1574.5 km.

• Rail Transport

  Being the district of strategic importance, it also has a good rail network of 128 km. of length with 8 railway stations.

• Air Transport

  The district is linked by air with Jaipur.

• Communication Facilities

  (Nos)
  Post office	157
  Telegraph offices	27
  Telephone exchanges	22
  Public call offices	374

 

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