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Indicators of Human
Resources
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Population
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persons
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1,56,8580
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Density of population
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persons per sq. km.
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288
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Literacy
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per cent
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74.45
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Total working population
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per cent
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48.16
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Percentage distribution of work force
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Cultivators
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per cent
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17.91
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Agricultural labourers
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per cent
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8.14
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Household industry, manufacturing,
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processing serving and
repairs
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per cent
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17.93
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Other workers
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per cent
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56.02
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Production: 2004-05
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(Tonnes)
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Wheat
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2,20,060
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Rapeseed & mustard
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1,94,180
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Soyabean
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1,89,520
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Coriander
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42,170
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Maize
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10,540
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Jowar
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15,619
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Rice
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10,790
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Gram
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2,310
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Sugarcane
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240
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Barley
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750
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Groundnut
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510
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Production: 1999-00
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(Tonnes)
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Lime stone
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15,55,000
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Masanory stone
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3,23,553
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Line stone (burning)
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82,790
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Sand stone
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58,440
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Kankar bajari
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22,223
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Electric power is made available to Kota from the genration of electricity from Rana Pratap Sagar (172 mw), Jawahar Sagar (99 mw), Kota Thermal Power Station (850 mw), Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (440 mw). The third stage of Kota Thermal Power Plant (210 mw) has started, increasing thereby the total capacity to 850 mw. Out of the total 811 villages, 782 have were electrified upto 31 March 2000.
The water for irrigation is available from Chambal canal in the tehsils of Ladura, Digod and Pipalda besides wells/tube wells. All the 5 towns of the district has already been covered under drinking water supply scheme.
The district is well connected with neighbouring districts & with major cities outside the state. National highway no.12 (Jaipur - Jodhpur) passes through the district. The total road length in the district is 1,752 km. as on 31 March 2000.
Delhi-Mumbai railway line passes through the Kota-junction. The district has 148.83 km railway line on Kota-Ruthia section, 98.72 km on Nagda-Mathura (Mumbai-Delhi) section and 24.26 km on Kota-Chittorgarh section. The broad gauge railway facility between Kota & Jodhpur via Jaipur was inagurated recently.
The nearest airport is at Jaipur (239 kms).
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(Nos)
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Main post offices
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2
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Sub-post offices
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196
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Branch post offices
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316
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Telegraph offices
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59
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Telephone exchanges
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44
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Public call offices
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699
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(Nos)
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Open university (Kota)
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1
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Degree colleges
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9
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Higher secondary schools
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50
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Secondary schools
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296
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Middle schools
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596
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Primary schools
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767
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ITIs
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4
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Bhimpura Electronic Complex, Electronic Complex, Furniture Industrial Area, Indraprastha, Lakhawa, Large Scale Industrial Area, Old Industrial Estate, Ramganj Mandi, Small Industrial Area and Suket.
Caustic soda, channel gates, cotton textiles, electrical machinery embroidary units, engineering units, EPBX electronic exchange, general engineering works, kota stone cutting and polishing, leather footwear, nylon yarn, oil mills, paper and paper products, plastic, polyster filament yarn, poha making, portland cement, PVC resin, readymade garments, rice milling, soda water, tobacco, transport equipments, woollen, silk & artificial thread based cloth and wooden furniture.
Caustic soda flakes, cement, copper and copper based tubes, EPBX electronic exchanges, deolied cake, high tenacity viscose, kota stone and tiles, nylon filament tarn, polyester filament yarn, PVC resins, equipments and tyre yarn, tyre-chord fabric.