District Profile

Bhilwara

Area

10,455 sq.kms. (3.05 per cent of the State)

Location

Bhilwara district lies in the south-eastern part of Rajasthan. The district is bound by Ajmer in North, Chittaurgarh in south, Udaipur in west and Bundi in the east.

Distance from major cities

Jaipur-254 kms.
Delhi-215 kms.
Ahmedabad-371 kms.
Mumbai-922 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

The district has moderate climate. The summer is dry and the winters are severe.
Maximum temperature 45 degrees celsius
Minimum temperature 7 degrees celsius
The average rainfall in the district is 79.60 cms

Administrative Setup

From administrative point of view, Bhilwara district is part of Ajmer division. It is divided into five sub-divisions and 11 tehsils. It has 6 towns and 11 panchayat samitis.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	20,09,516
Density of population	persons per sq.kms	192
Literacy	pe cent	51.09
Total working population	per cent	33.00
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	80.75
Agricultural labourers	per cent	9.86
Manufacturing, processing servicing and repairs	per cent	2.22
Other workers	per cent	7.17

Major Crops and Their Production

Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Wheat	1,48,710
Maize	1,28,791
Rapeseed and Mustard	22,244
Jowar	12,115
Pulses	18,041
Groundnut	14,461
Barley	12,252
Sesamum	1,719
Sugarcane	7,313
Cotton	1,935
Red chillies	2,107
Gram	10,900
Bajra	305

Minerals

Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Felspar	18,972
Lead	23,374
Quartz	7,646
Zinc Conc.	2,79,340
Calcite	690
Garnet (Abrasive)	37
Kaoline	1,05,283
Mica	41
Mica (waste and scrap)	276
Ochre	902
Steatite	94,432

Infrastructure

Electricity

Bhilwara receives electricity from Kota, Beawar, Rana Pratap Sagar and Nimbahera. All the 1,565 villages have been electrified.

Water

The main rivers in the district are Banas, Beduch, Kothari, Khari, Menaali, Unli and Meaj. The water table in the district is comparatively high between 10 to 20 meters. The ground water is fresh and potable. The district has about 86,600 wells and 56 tube-wells, providing drinking water and irrigation facilities.

Road Transport

State Hightway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the district. The total road length in the district is 3,883 kms as on 31 March 2000.

Rail Transport

A meter gauge railway line measuring 84 kms., connects Ajmer with Khandwa and passes through the district. A broad gauge line has also been laid from Kota to Chittorgarh which passes through the district at Mandalgarh.

Air Transport

The nearest airport is at Udaipur (171 kms.)

Communication Facilities

(No.)
Post Offices	391
Telegraph Offices	95
Telephone exchanges	71
Public call offices	1,180

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(No.)
Primary and Middle Schools	2,009
Higher Secondary and Secondary Schools	212
Under Graduate and Post Graduate Colleges	7
ITI, Textile Institute and others	6

Industrial Scenario

No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 38
No. of Small Scale Units: 9,298
No of Industrial Areas: 7

1.        Bigod

2.        Bhilwara Â– Phase I, II, III

3.        Extension Area

4.        Bhilwara

5.        Jahajpur

6.        Raila

7.        Transferred Area I.E.

Main Existing Industries

Pressure pipes, basic metal and alloy units, bread and biscuits, cardboard boxes, carpet and shoddy yarn, cattle feed, confectionary, cotton ginning, cotton niwar and tape, cotton and synthetic yarn, cotton mercising and doubling yarn, cotton textiles, electrical machinery and instruments, dal mills, ice candy manufacturing, machinery and spare parts, mica processing, oil mills, oxygen gas, power loom cloth, processing of synthetic fibres, quartz grinding, rubber and plastic basee units, scented tobacco and bidi, silica and sand grinding, soap stone purverising, suiting and shirting, vanaspati solvent oil, woollen blankets.

Export Items

Asbestos, polyster viscose and woollen blended cotton yarn and fabrics, fabrics soddy yarn wool top, powerlooms parts and accessories, polythene bags, PVC footwear, sodium sulphide, spinning mills, wooden packing boxes, zinc oxide.