District Profile

Jhalawar

Area

6,219 sq. km. (1.82 per cent of the State).

Location

Jhalwar district is situated in the south-east corner of Rajasthan at the edge of Malwa Plateau. On the South-West and East it touches the border of Madhya Pradesh State, in the North, the Mukandra range, running from North- West to East forms a rough boundary between the two district viz. Jhalawar and Kota.

Distance from major Cities

Jairpur-330 kms.
Kota-85 kms.
Delhi-584 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

The minium temperature in the district varies from 1 to 5 degree.
Maximum temperature in the district varies from 43 to 47 degree.
The normal annual rainfall in the district is 104.47 cm.

Administrative Setup

There are three sub-division, Jhalawar, Aklera, Bhawani Mandi. There are six panchayat samities Jhalrapatan, Khanpur, Pirwa, Manohar Thana, Dag and Bakani, six towns and 1,589 vilalges in the district.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	Persons	11,80,342
Density of population	persons per sq. km	190
Literacy	per cent	57.98
Working Population	per cent of population	38.00
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	63.02
Agricultural labourers	per cent	19.19
Servicing and repairs	per cent	1.39
Other works	per cent	16.40

Major Crops and their Production

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Wheat	1,61,160
Maize	67,290
Gram	15,010
Jowar	15,010
Paddy	660
Bajra	90

Infrastructure

Electricity

There are two 132/33 KV grid sub-station in Jhalawar district. One at Jhalawar of 10/12.5 MVA capacity and another at Bhawani Mandi of the same capacity. The district has 1448 villages, of which 1316 were electrified as of March 2000.

Water

As the ground water is available at a depth of 15 to 20 metres, drinking water does not pose any problem. The medium soze irrigation projects in the district are Bhim Sagar Project, Champi Dam and Harish Chandra Sagar Project.

Road Transport

Almost all the towns and most of the important places are well connected with the district headquarter. The Jaipur-Bhopal National Highway also passes through Jhalawar. The total length of different category of roads in the district was 1,360 km as of march 2000.

Rail Transport

Poor rail connectivity. The district is connected with rail facilities at four places viz. Jhalawar Road, Choumahala, Pachpahar and Bhawani Mandi which comes in the way of Delhi-Mumbai broad gauge line of Western Railway.

Air Transport

The nearest airport is at Udaipur (284 kms)

Communication Facilities

(Nos)
Post office	250
Telegraph office	69
Telephone exchange	32
Public call office	702

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(Nos)
Colleges	3
Higher secondary schools	92
Middle schools	327
Primary schools	1243
ITIs	5

Industrial Scenario

No. of large and medium scale running units:3
No. of small scale units:4,571
No. of industrial areas:15
Export items: Guargum powder
Main industries

Major industries in the district are bricks, butter and ghee, cotton, ginning and pressing, cotton seed oil, cotton textiles, cotton yarn, gypsum grinding, IMFL, milk powder, oil mills, plaster of paris, sugar, rectified spirit, rice milling, solvent extracted oil and solvent extracted rice bran oil and cake.