District Profile

Jhunjhunu

Area

5,928 square kilometres (1.73 per cent of the State).

Location

The district is situated in the North-Estern part of the State. It is surrounded by Churu on the North-Wesrtern side, Hissar and Mahendragarh of Haryana in the North-Eastern part and by Sika in the West, South and South Eastern Part.

Distance from major Cities

Jaipur-168 kms.
Delhi-237 kms.
Ahmedabad-793 kms.
Mumbai-1344 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

The average temperature of the area is 22 degree celsius
Normal rainfall is 40.51 cm.

Administrative Set-up

The district is divided into three administrative sub-division. These are Jhunjhunun, Khetri, Nawalgarh. The district has five tehsils. These are Jhunjhunun, Chirawa, Khetri, Nawalgarh, Udaipurwati. There are eight panchayat samities. These are, Jhunjhunun, Alsisar, Chirawa, Suratgarh, Khetri, Buhana, Nawalgarh, Udaipurwati

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	19,13,099
Density of population	persons per sq. km	323
Literacy	per cent	73.61
Working Population	per cent of population	33.42
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	68.24
Agricultural labourers	per cent	10.78
Household industry manufacturing
processing, servicing and repairs	per cent	3.21
Other works	per cent	17.77

Major Crops and Their Production

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Rapeseed and mustard	1,04,100
Wheat	1,58,610
Bajra	2,06,620
Gram	97,680
Barley	9,700

Minerals

Mineral Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Copper ore	77569
Iron ore	2000
Fire clay	400
Stealite	406

Infrastructure

Electricity

All the 824 villages in the district are electrified.

Road Transport

The district is well connected by roads within and outside the State. The total length of gifferent category of roads in the district was about 2,492 km as of March 2000.

Rail Transport

There are three metre gauge lines passing through the district. The largest rail track passing through the district is Sikar-Luharu line. Total length of this line is 95 kms and is connects important towns of Nawalgarh, Mukundgarh, Jhunjhunun, Chirawa and Surajgarh.

Air Transport

The nearest Airport is Jaipur (168 kms.)

Communication Facilities

(Nos)
Post office	413
Telegraph office	106
Telephone exchange	69
Public call office	839

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(Nos)
University	1
Colleges	21
Prpfessional colleges	4
Secondary and higher secondary schools	343
Middle schools	730
Primary schools	1333

Industrial Scenario

No. of large and medium scale running units: 4
No. of small scale units: 3,742
Industrial areas: 3

1.        Chirawa

2.        Jhunjhunun

3.        Pilani

Main industries

Major industries in the district are cement, chemical products, copper ore, cotton textiles, Electrical machinery, food products, machinery parts, non-metallic mineral products, oxygen gas, paper products, palstic products, rubber products, tobacco and trasport equipment.