District Profile

Churu

Area

16,830 square kilometres (4.92 per cent of the State)

Location

The district is located in the North-Eastern Rajasthan. It is bounded by Sri Ganganagar district in the North, by Sikar and Jhunjhunun and Hissar district of Haryana in the East, by Nagaur in the South and in the West by Bikaner.

Distance from Major Cities

Jaipur -189 kms.
Delhi -282 kms.
Ahmedabad-814 kms.
Mumbai-1365 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

The district has dry climate with large variation in temperature.
The minimum and maximum temperature varies from 0.5 to 48.2 degree celsius
The normal rainfall is only 32.8 cm.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	19,22,908
Density of population	persons per sq. km	114
Literacy	per cent	66.97
Working Population	per cent of population	29.50
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	73.17
Agricultural labourers	per cent	3.16
Household industry manufacturing
processing, servicing and repairs	per cent	2.26
Other workers	per cent	21.41

Major Crops and their Production

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Kidney bean (moth)	130801
Gram	107659
Bajra	78283
Rapeseed & Mustard	38046
Wheat	37107
Guarseed	18923
Groundnuts	16870
Green gram (Moong)	11056
Barley	3622
Rapeseed	1733
Fenugreek seed	1508
Cumin seed	589
Cowpea (Chowri)	272
Psyllium seeds	105
Linseed	45

Infrastructure

Electricity

Power supply to the district is from Bhakra hydel Complex through 132 KV lines coming via Hissar in Haryana. of the total 926 vilalges in the district, 902 villages have been electrified.

Water

Water is available at the depth of 30 to 48 metres except in some places viz. Sujangarh and Tonaragarh tehsils.

Road Transport

The district has good conections within and ouotside the State. National Highway No.11 (Agra-Bikaner) passes through the district. The total length of roads in the district is 3,010 km.

Rail Transport

Churu district is served by meter gauge lines of Northern and Western Railways. Total length of rail line is 363 km.

Air Transport

Nearest airport is at Jaipur (189 km.)

Communication Facilities

(Nos.)
Post offices	392
Telegraph offices	89
Telephone exchanges	83
Public call offices	682

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(Nos.)
Primary and middle schools	1470
Secondary and higher secondary schools	207
ITIs	3
Post graduate and under graduate	11

Industrial Scenario

No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 2
No. of Small Scale Units: 3,963
No. of Industrial Areas: 6

               1. Churu

             2. Ratnagarh

                     3. Sadulpur

                     4. Sardarsahar

                     5. Sri Dungargarh

                     6. Sujangarh

Main Industries

Aluminium utensils, Blanket Weaving, Cement, Churan and Chatni, Guargum, Handicraft items on Sandal Wood, Handloom Cloth, Iron and Steel Fabrication, Oil Mills, Papad and Mangori, Polythene Films and Bags, Salt, Sand Lime bricks, Steel Furniture, Toilet and Washing Soap, Woollen yarn.