Churu district

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Churu District is a district of Rajasthan state of western India. The town of Churu is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Churu lies in the Jangladesh region of northern Rajasthan. CHURU lies in 28º 18' N latitude and 74º 58' E longitude. It is bounded by Hanumangarh District to the north, Haryana state to the east, Jhunjhunun and Sikar districts to the southeast, Nagaur District to the south, and Bikaner District to the west.

The district has an area 16,830 km², with a road length of 1901 km. The population is 1,922,908. The sex ratio is 948 females per thousand males and literacy percentage is 66.97 %. There are 6 tehsils in the district, namely - Churu, Ratangarh, Taranagar, Rajgarh, Sardarshahr, and Sujangarh. The major crops are bajra and gram. The major minerals found in the district are copper and gypsum.

Contents 1 Visitor attractions 2 Human Resources 3 Percentage distribution of work force 4 Household, Industry, and Manufacturing 5 Major Crops and their Production 1999-00(Tonnes) 6 Infrastructure 6.1 Electricity 6.2 Water 6.3 Road Transport 6.4 Rail Transport 6.5 Air Transport 6.6 Communication Facilities 6.7 Educational Facilities/Institutions 6.8 Industrial Scenario 6.9 Main Industries 7 Famous persons from Churu District 8 See also 9 External link

[edit] Visitor attractions

Sujangarh, Ratangarh, Sardarshahar, Tarangar, Rajgarh, Ratannagar, Chapper, Bidasar and Rajaldesar are the other major towns in the district. Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, blackbuck sanctuary, having more than 1680 black bucks and migratory birds, is the major attraction for wild life enthusiasts. The other attractions are grand palatial Havelies in Ratannagar, Ratangarh and Sardarshahar towns, the Hanuman temple at Salasar, the Venkateshwar temple at Sujangarh, the birth place of local deity Goga Pir in Dadrewa and the Gurudwara in Sahawa. a recently made Ichchhapurna Balaji Temple at Sardarshahar.

[edit] Human Resources

• Population: 19,22,908
• Density of population (persons/km²): 114
• Literacy: 66.97 %
• Working Population (per cent of total population): 29.50 %

[edit] Percentage distribution of work force

• Cultivators: 73.17 %
• Agricultural labourers: 3.16 %

[edit] Household, Industry, and Manufacturing

• Processing, servicing, and repairs: 2.26 %
• Other workers: 21.41 %

[edit] Major Crops and their Production 1999-00(Tonnes)

• Bajra: 27,680
• Weat: 60,654
• Rapeseed and Mustard: 24,705
• Pulses: 9,594
• Gram: 316
• Moong
• Moth
• Guar
• Til

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Electricity

Power supply to the district is from Bhakra Hydel Complex through 132 kV lines coming via Hissar in Haryana. of the total 926 villages in the district, 902 villages have been electrified.

[edit] Water

Water is available at the depth of 30 to 48 m except in some places viz. Sujangarh and taranagar tehsils.

[edit] Road Transport

The district has good connections within and outside the State. National Highway No.11 (Agra-Bikaner) passes through the district. The total length of roads in the district is 3,010 km.

[edit] Rail Transport

Churu district is served by meter gauge lines of Northern and Western Railways. Total length of rail line is 363 km.

[edit] Air Transport

Nearest airport is at Jaipur (189 km).

[edit] Communication Facilities

• Post offices: 392
• Telegraph offices: 89
• Telephone exchanges: 83
• Public call offices: 682

[edit] Educational Facilities/Institutions

• Primary and middle schools: 1470
• Secondary and higher secondary schools: 207
• ITIs: 3
• Post graduate and under graduate: 11

[edit] Industrial Scenario

• No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 2
• No. of Small Scale Units: 3,963
• No. of Industrial Areas: 6

[edit] Main Industries

Aluminium utensils, Blanket Weaving, Cement, Churan and Chatni, Guargum, Handicraft items on Sandal Wood, Handloom Cloth, Iron and Steel Fabrication, Oil Mills, Papad and Mangori, Polythene Films and Bags, Salt, Sand Lime bricks, Steel Furniture, Toilet and Washing Soap, Woollen yarn.

[edit] Famous persons from Churu District

• Lakshmi Mittal - the "Steel King" was born at Sadulpur in Churu District.
• Daulatram Saran - freedom fighter
• Prof. Dasharatha Sharma
• Bimal Jalan
• Devendra Jhajharia
• Rao Maldeo Kandhal
• Rao Shivji Singh
• Swami Gopal Das
• Seth Bhagwan Das Bagla
• Mohar Singh Rathore
• Seth Sagarmaljee Mantri
• Om Prakash Ramgariya
• Seth Ridhkaran Surana
• Prahlad Rai Sharma
• Mukun Singh writer of Dingl VELI
• [Subodh Aggarwal] Founder of the NGO: Lok Sanskriti Shodh Sansthaan
• [Late Jodhraj Sarawagi] Prominent Educationist
• Deepak Jorwal

[edit] See also

• Churu (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Churu
• Ratangarh
• Sadulpur
• Sardarshahr
• Sri Dungargarh
• Sujangarh

[edit] External link

• Churu District website

Divisions and Districts of Rajasthan
Ajmer Division: Ajmer | Bhilwara | Nagaur | Tonk
Bharatpur Division: Bharatpur | Dholpur | Karauli | Sawai Madhopur
Bikaner Division: Bikaner | Churu | Sri Ganganagar | Hanumangarh
Jaipur Division: Alwar | Dausa | Jaipur | Jhunjhunu | Sikar
Jodhpur Division: Barmer | Jaisalmer | Jalore | Jodhpur | Pali | Sirohi
Kota Division: Baran | Bundi | Jhalawar | Kota
Udaipur Division: Banswara | Chittorgarh | Dungarpur | Rajsamand | Udaipur

	State of Rajasthan Rajasthan Topics
Capital	Jaipur
Divisions	Ajmer | Bharatpur | Bikaner | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Kota | Udaipur
Districts	Ajmer | Alwar | Banswara | Baran | Barmer | Bhilwara | Bikaner | Bharatpur | Bundi | Chittorgarh | Churu | Dausa | Dholpur | Dungarpur | Ganganagar | Hanumangarh | Jaipur | Jaisalmer | Jalore | Jhalawar | Jhunjhunu | Jodhpur | Karauli | Kota | Nagaur | Pali | Rajsamand | Sawai Madhopur | Sikar | Sirohi | Tonk | Udaipur
Major cities	Alwar • Bhilwara • Bikaner • Jaipur • Jaisalmer • Jodhpur • Udaipur