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Alwar
Jain Temple
Area
          
  • 8,380 sq.kms. (2.45 per cent of the State)
    
  

Location
                       
Alwar district is situated in the North-Eastern part of Rajasthan. It is bounded in the North by Gurgaon of Haryana, Bharatpur district on North-East and Mahendragarh of Haryana. Jaipur lies in the South-West and Dausa in the south.
            
Distance from Major Cities  
                  
  • Jaipur-143 kms.
  • Delhi-155 kms.
  • Ahmedabad-768 kms.
  • Mumbai-1319 kms. 
  Climate and Rainfall
                            
The district has a dry climate with hot summer, a cold winter and a short monsoon season.  
        
  • During May the maximum temperature is around 41 degrees celsius and minimum is around 28 degrees celsius.
     
  • During January the maximum temperature is around 23 degrees celsius and minimum arouond 8 degrees celsius.
     
  • The normal annual rainfall in the district is 57.77 cms.  
     
  • The average humidity: 70 per cent 
Administrative Set-up
                    
Alwar, Behror, Rajgarh and Kishangarhbas are four sub-divisions in the district. The district consists of ten tehsils, seven sub-tehsils and six Nagar Palikas.
             
Human Resources  
                              
Indicators of Human Resources
Population
persons
29,90,862
Density of population
persons per sq.kms
357
Literacy
per cent
62.48
Total working population
per cent
31.3
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators
per cent
64.07
Agricultural labourers
per cent
7.56
Manufacturing, processing servicing and repairs
per cent
1.50
Other workers
per cent
26.87
 
 
Major Crops and Their Production
                     
                                                                  
(Tonnes)
Wheat
6,45,632
Rapeseed and Mustard
2,59,190
Pulses
60,755
Gram
55,086
Jowar
19,659
Maize
17,824
Sugarcane
9,677
Sesamum
2,881
Red chillies
789
Paddy
763
Groundnut
405

Minerals
                        
Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Felspar
330
Quartz
73
Steatite
440
 
Infrastructure   
          
  • Electricity
As of March 2000, 1,921 villages have benn electrified out of 1,946 villages in the district.   
             
  • Water
The water is generally fresh and potable. Irrigation in the district is mostly done by dug wells, energized tube-wells and canals emanating from irrigation tank, like Jaisamand, Siliserh, Mangulasar, Baleti and Deooti.  
            
  • Road Transport
The National Highway No.8 passes through the distict. Behror, an important city of the district is on the route connecting Jaipur with Delhi. A State Highway also runs from Alwar to Bharatpur. The total length of roads in the district is about 3,511 kms. as of March 2000.   
          
  • Rail Transport
Alwar is the biggest railway station in the district, situated on Delhi-Jaipur broad gauge section of Western Railway. There is 158 kms of railway track in the district. The district is well connected by rail to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mathura and other major towns of Rajasthan like Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, etc.  
                 
  • Air Transport
The nearest airport is Jaipur airport at a distance of 143 kms.   
    
Communication Facilities  
                              
(No.)
Post offices
492
Telegraph offices
82
Telephone exchanges
100
Public call offices
1073
 
Educational Facilities/Institutions
                                
(No.)
Primary and Middle Schools
3,578
Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools
332
Colleges
11
Agricultural Research Center
1
Polytechnic College
1
ITI
4
 
 

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