District Profile

Jodhpur

Area

22,850 sq.km. (is 6.68 per cent of the State)

Location

Jodhpur district is centrally located in western part of the state. It is headquarter of western districts of the state, i.e., Pali, Jodhpur Nagaur, Sirohi, Barmer, Jalore and Jaisalmer. It is boun by Bikaner and Jaisalmer districts in the north, Barmer and Pali districts in south, Nagaur district in the east and Jaisalmer district in the west.

Distance from major Cities

Jaipur-338 Kms
Delhi-604 Kms
Ahmedabad-460 Kms
Mumbai-1011 Kms

Climate and Rainfall

The minimum temperature has been recorded at 2 degrees Celsius and maximum temperature varies between 45 degrees Celsius.
The rainfall in the district varies between 10.3 cm. to 64 cm. and average being 27.94 cm.

Administractive Setup

The district is divided into two sub-divisions, i.e. Jodhpur & Phalodi and six tehsils, i.e. Jodhpur, Osian, Phalodi, Bilara, Bhopalgarh and Balesar and nine panchayat samities.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	28,80,777
Density of population	persons per sq. km	126
Literacy	per cent	57.38
Total working population	per cent	36.49
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	53.4
Agricultural laborers	per cent	6.8
Household industry manufacturing,
processing servicing and repairs	per cent	2.2
Other workers	per cent	37.6

Major Crops and their production

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Wheat	76,130
Bajra	1,66,320
Ground nut	23,240
Jowar	20,140
Gram	230

Infrastructure

Electricity

The main source of supply of power to Jodhpur are Kota atomic power station, Bhakra-Vyas project, Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar dams. Electrification of villages has been done to the extent of 100 % out of 860 villages. Presently there is one grid sub-station of 220 kva, six grid sub-section of 132 kv & fifty two 33/11 kv sub stations upto 31 March 2000.

Water

There are about 1313 tube wells in the district and by and large major portion of the irrigation is being carried out with the help of wells, which number about 15631. There is a single river "Luni" which flows in the district and 15,000 hectartes land area is being irrigated by it.

Road Transport

The district has road connections with Sirohi, Pali, Bikaner, Nagaur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Jalore, Barmer and Jaisalmer. The length of the roads in the district is 5825 km as on 31 March 2000.

Rail Transport

The district is directly connected by meter gauge railway lines with Pali, Sirohi, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Nagaur, Jalore, Ahmedabad, Churu and by broad gauge railway lines with Jaipur, Delhi, Kota, Mumbai, Howrah and Lucknow. Total length of railway lines in the district is 344 km.

Air Transport

Jodhpur is connected to Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Delhi and Mumbai.

Communication Facilities

(Nos)
Post offices	399
Telegraph offices	86
Telephone exchanges	85
Public call offices	822

Medical and Public Health

(Nos)
Hospitals	16
Primary health centre	76
Ayurvedic hospitals	98
Dispensaries	18
Mother & child welfare centres	4
Subcentres	226
T.B. Hospitals	1

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(Nos)
Primary schools	1,986
Middle schools	708
Secondary and higher secondary schools	279
Engineering college	1
Polytechnic	2
University	1

Industrial Scenario

No. of large & medium scale industries: 14
No. of small scale units: 10,571
Industrial Areas

B.K.K., Basni I, Basni II, Boramada I, Boromada II, Electrical Basni I, electronics complex, Khichan, Mandore, Mathania, mini growth centre, Sangariya, New Jhodhpur, Phalodyu Shilp Gram Pal and transferred industrial area.

Main existing industries

Agricultural equipments and tractor trolleys, ball bering, calcium carbonate, cotton and synthetic yarn, copper and copper based alloy industries.