District Profile

Rajsamand

Area

4,768 sq kms. (1.39 per cent of the State)

Location

Rajasmand district is situated at the southern tip of Rajasthan adjoining Udaipur, Bhilwara, Pali, Ajmer, and Chittor districts and is oval in shape with a very narrow strip streching towards the North. It is bound by Ajmer and Pali in the North, Udaipur in the South, Bhilwara and Chittorgarh in the East and by Pali and Sirohi districts in the West.

Distance from Major Cities

Jaipur-409 Kms
Delhi-670 Kms

Climate and Rainfall

The district has moderate climate without significant seasonal variations.
The mean temperature is 22 degrees celsius.
Average rainfall at the district head quarter is 49.5 cms.

Administrative Setup

Administratively the district is divided into three sub-divisions, 7 tehsils and 7 blocks.

Human Resources

Indicators of Human Resources
Population	persons	9,86,269
Density of population	persons per sq. km	256
Literacy	per cent	55.82
Working Population	per cent of population	34.27
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators	per cent	54.87
Agricultural labourers	per cent	11.85
Household industry manufacturing
processing, servicing and repairs	per cent	6.00
Other works	per cent	27.17

Major Crops and their Production

Production: 2004-05
(Tonnes)
Bajra	430
Wheat	9,350
Barley	2,050
Rice	100
Jowar	9,030
Maize	56,900
Groundnuts	1,470
Sugarcane	7,960

Minerals

Mineral Production: 1999-00
(Tonnes)
Copper ore	8264
Lead conc	30380
Zinc conc	4824
Barytes	2
Stealite	25602
Dolomite	97478
Fetspar	960
Quartz	49

Infrastructure

Electricity

Rajsamand district is fed power through grid sub-station from neighbouring districts. The district receives power supply from Rajasthan Atomic Power Project and grid sub-stattions at Debari, Asind-Bhim and Deogarh. The number of villages in the district is 967 all of them are fully electrified.

Water

Banas, Ari, Gomati, Chndra and Bhoga are the rivers flowing through the district. The depth of water level ranges from 10 to 40 metres. Various water supply schemes are providing dringking water in the district.

Road Transport

The National Highway No.8, Delhi-Ahmedabad-Mumbai road passes through the district and connects Rajsamand to Delhi. As of March 2000, the total road length in the district was 1,758 km.

Rail Transport

There is one railway track in the district, having a total lenght of 104 km of metre guage. The track is Udaipur to Jodhpur.

Air Transport The nearest airport is at Udaipur.
Communication Facilities

(Nos.)
Post office	210
Telegraph office	33
Telephone exchange	49
Public call office	790

Educational Facilities/Institutions

(Nos.)
College (General Education)	4
Prpfessional college	2
Secondary and higher secondary school	117
Middle school	313
Primary school	1248
Professional and special school	3
Other institution	62

Industrial Scenario

No. of large and medium scale running units: 7
No. of small scale units: 12,475
No. of industrial areas: 2
Export items

Major export items are metallic decorative pieces, dyeing and printing items, fancy articles, marble decorative articles, marble slabs, pichwai paintings, silver miniature painting, stone chips and tarakota meenakari.

Main industries

Major industries in the district are General Engineering Workshop, Handlooms, marble Slabs and Tiles, marble Chips and Powders, Marble Cutting, Miniature Silver Painting, oil Mills, Pichwal Painting, Silver Meenakari Items and Tyres and Tubes.