Falna
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Falna
Rajasthan, India |
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| District(s) | Pali |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population | 21,011 (2001) |
Falna is a town in Pali District in Indian state of Rajasthan.It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Jaipur raiway line.Falna is 105km from the district headquarter of Pali.
Falna has many small scale industries .Umbrella making industry is particularly note worthy. Falna is the nearest railhead to famous Ranakpur temples .The temples are at distance of 35 km from Falna. In Falna itself the Jain Golden Temple is a visitor attraction .
Around 1940 Falna initially have only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI), among the first settlers of the town was Hansraj Goyal and few other agarwal families.
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[edit] Visitor attractions around Falna
Apart from Ranakpur other notable temples nearby is that of Nimbo Ka Nath situated on the road to Sanderao.There are some other temples around Falna and these are : Kharashwerji, Ambaji Mandir, Shitla Mata Mandir, Mahadev Mandir, Shani Maharaj Mandir Hanuman Mandir, Nilkanth Mahadev, Baba Baba Ramdev Mandir . There are also few picnic points around Falna .Bedala a nearby village is truly beautiful. There are many temples there like Mamaji ka Mandir, Krishna Mandir etc. There is a Dargah also situated there. There are large green grounds and high mountains like Jadri, Khudala, Dhani,Shree Sela etc.
[edit] Education in Falna
Falna is an education centre of surrounding area. Falna has about 20 primary schools, 2 higher secondary schools and a college . Falna college (named S.P.U) is one of the well known colleges in Pali District. It has separate departments for under graduate and post graduate students. These include Arts, Commerce and Computer science. Admission to Computer Science is most sought after as this is the only college in Pali District that offer studies in Computer Science subjects.
Thr popular private schools of the town are : K.S.Lodha public school,Jubilee, Noble,emmanual and Vidhya Jyoti schools.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Falna had a population of 21,011. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. falna has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 46%. In Falna, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Over the years many people from Falna have migrated to Mumbai and other places and settled there.
[edit] Falna station and Falna village
Falna is divided into two parts- Falna station and Falna village. Falna village is about 5 km. far from Falna station. It is a small village having beautiful seneries. Falna station has a large industrial area. It is famous for its umbrella industry.
[edit] Hotels and showrooms
Falna has two big hotels- Hotel Khalsa and Hotel Rudraksh. Hotel Khalsa is situated on Sanderao road. It has own theatre alsa named Khalsa Theatre. Hotel Rudraksh is situated on Falna-Bali road.
[edit] See also
| State of Rajasthan Rajasthan Topics |
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| 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 |
