Jalor
District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio Geographical Area : 10640.0 Km2
Population in Jalor (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1830151
Male : 937918
Female : 892233
Under 6 population
Total : 313808
Male : 165979
Female : 147829
Census 2001
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 56769
In seeing : 38498
In speech : 2180
In hearing : 2855
In movement : 10315
Mental : 2921
Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district Backwardness : 319
Sex Ratio Rank : 397
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 124 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 537 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research
with local communities Jalor is one of the backward districts of Rajasthan.
Awareness, education, employment and health are the main areas where
our district needs urgent attention. Our livelihood is through agriculture
and animal rearing. Due to less rainfall farmers are suffering huge
losses.
Brief About Jalor District Location
Jalore district is surrounded by Barmer on the North-West, Sirohi
on the South-East, Pali on the North-East and Banaskantha district
of Gujarat on the South-Western part of Rajasthan.
Climate and Rainfall
The climate of the district is very dry with large extremes
of temperature and low rainfall.
The average maximum and minimum temperature in the district
are 40.9 and 4 degree celsius resepectively.
Average annual rainfall in the region is 41.9 mm.
Administrative Set-up The district is composed of two sub-divisions viz.
Jalore and Bhinmal which is covering five tehsils viz. Ahore,
Jalor, Bhinmal, Raniwara and Sanchore which covers seven blocks/panchayat
samities.
Major Crops and their Production
Production:
1999-00
(Tonnes)
Oil seeds
1,02,824
Wheat
61,666
Bajra
6,125
Kharif pulses
1,375
Barley
1,157
Gram
844
Jowar
567
Seasmum
125
Minerals
Production:
1999-00
(Tonnes)
Gypsum
1,15,770
Limestone
1,09,358
Bajari
82,230
Murram
29,438
Granite
19,380
Flourite (graded)
4,265
Infrastructure
Electricity
There are two sub grid stations of 132/33 KV,
one at Jalore with 12.5 MVA capacity and other at Bhinmal
with 2X10/12.5 MVA capacity. Thus the total capacity of 132/33
KV system in the district is 50MVA. The district is also receiving
power from Dewari grid station (Udaipur). 665 villages and
664 are electrified as an 31st March 2000.
Water
The wells continue to be the major source of
water & irrigation. The net irrigated area in the district
is 0.216 mln. hectares.
Road Transport
National Highway No.15, (Bhatinda-Kandla) passes
through the district. All the block head quarters are connected
with bus routes. The total road length in the district is
about 2660 km. as on 31 March 2000.
Rail Transport
The district is connected by the Meter guage
line of the Northern Railways. A branch line viz. Samdari-Raniwara
passes through the district which connects Jalore & Bhinmal
towns with 15 stations & 127 km. total length of Railway
line.
Air Transport
The nearest Airport is at Jodhpur.
Communication Facilities
(Nos)
Post offices
265
Telephone exchanges
61
Telegraph offices
60
Public call offices
513
Telephone connections
3,747
STD/PCO
52
Voice
of Jalor 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
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