District Profile

Chittorgarh

Area

10,856 sq.kms. (3.17 per cent of the State)

Location

Chittaurgarh district lies in the south-eastern part of the State. It is surrounded by Kot in the east and Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh and Banswara in the south-west, Udaipur and Rajsamand in the west and Bhilwara and Bundin in the north.

Distance from major Cities

Jaipur-309 kms.
Delhi-570 kms.
Ahmedabad-422 kms.
Mumbai-973 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

Mean maximum temperature of the district is 45 degrees celsius
Mean minimum temperature is 7 degrees celsius
Normal rainfall is 85.21 cms.

Administrative Setup

For the purpose of administration, the district is divided into 5 administrative sub-divisions and 12 tehsils.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	18,02,656
Density of population	persons per sq.kms	166
Literacy	per cent	54.31
Total working population	per cent	49.03
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	76.06
Agricultural labourers	per cent	9.71
Servicing and repairs	per cent	1.50
Other workers	per cent	18.73

Major Crops and Their Production

The main agricultural crops grown in the district re maize, jowar, paddy, wheat, barley, gram, pulses, groundnut, til, cotton and sugarcane

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Maize	276128
Wheat	266321
Rapeseed & Mustard	140750
Soyabeans	135094
Groundnuts	54843
Sugar cane	45636
Gram	34401
Fenugreek seed	12032
Jowar	8303
Barley	7625
Black gram (urad)	5095
Guarseed	2158
Rapeseed	2146
Masoor	1486
Coriander	1199
Rice	1048
Psyllium seeds	566
Field pea	351
Cumin seed	329
Green gram (Moong)	231
Linseed	179
Cowpea (Chowri)	59

Minerals

Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Lime Stone (Cement Grade)	71,53,000
Kaolin	40,929
Laterite	88,811
Ochre	3,17,905
Silica Sand	27,445
Lime Stone	7,153
Silver	35

Infrastructure

Electricity

There are thirty-two 33/11 KV Sub-stations in the district with a total capacity of 80.28 MVA. As of 31 March 2000, 2,078 villages of the 2,172 villages were electrified.

Water

Chittorgarh is one of the most fertile districts of Rajasthan. The ground water in the district occurs predominantly in the bedrock where the water level is normally about 10 metres below the ground level. The main rivers of the district are Chambal, Banas, Orai, Zakam, Gambhiri. Several major irrigation projects have been constructed by impounding the course of Gambhiri, Berach, Wagon.

Road Transport

The district is well connected with metallic roads with all nearby districts namely, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Banswara and Bundi. The total length of different categories of roads in the districts is about 2,831 kms as on 31 March 2000.

Rail Transport

The Chittorgarh district is connected with Kota and Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh by broad gauge and with Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Himatnagar, Ahmedabad and Ratlam via Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh by meter gauge railway line. The total railway line is 127 kms.

Air Transport The nearest airport is Udaipur (116 kms.)
Communication Facilities

(No.)
Post offices	401
Telegraph offices	61
Telephone exchanges	58
Public call offices	780

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(No.)
Primary Schools	1,863
Middle Schools	524
Higher Secondary and Secondary Schools	184
Colleges	5
Professional and Special Education Schools	5
Polytechnic	1
ITI	4

Industrial Scenario

No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 10
No. of Small Scale Units: 3,882
No of Industrial Areas: 7

1.        Ajolian-ka-Khera

2.        Chittorgarh

3.        Kapasa

4.        Manpura

5.        Nimbahera

6.        Pratapgarh

7.        Transfer Area (Chittorgarh)

Main Existing Industries

Bidi, cement, chemical based units, cotton (in bales) textiles, electrical machinery and parts, general engineering workshop, ghee, oil and dal mills, lead, leather footwear, machine tools, marble slabs and tiles, paper and paper products, polished marble tiles, rubber and plastic units, solvent extraction plants, sugar, wood and wood products, zinc.