District Profile

Jalore

Area

10,640 sq. km. (3.11 per cent of the State)

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.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	14,48,486
Density of population	persons per sq.kms.	136
Literacy	per cent	46.51
Total working populations	per cent	31.05
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	68.72
Agricultural labourers	per cent	13.63
Servicing and repairs	per cent	3.05
Other workers	per cent	18.51

Major Crops and their Production

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Wheat	37,850
Bajra	1,44,090
Barley	580
Jowar	2,480

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

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(Nos)
Primary schools	1,058
Upper primary schools	308
Secondary schools	106
Higher secondary schools	15
ITIs	2
Degree colleges	4

Industrial Scenario

No. of Large & Medium Scale running units: 2
No. of Small Scale units: 2,550
No. of industrial areas : 4
Main Existing Industries

Butter and ghee, cement engineering & machinery manufacturing, granite slabs and tiles, handloom cloth, leather juties, oil mills, marble stone cutting and polishing, mustard seed crushing, skimmed milk powder.