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| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Jalor |
| Population • Density |
14,623 (2001[update]) • 6,801 /km2 (17,615 /sq mi) |
| Sex ratio | 963 ♂/♀ |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
2.15 square kilometres (0.83 sq mi) • 183 metres (600 ft) |
Ahor or Ahore (in Hindi आहोर) is a village in Jalore District of Rajasthan state in India. It is situated 17 km east of the Jalore on Jalore-Sanderao road(SH-16). It is the headquarters of the tehsil by the same name.
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r(Ahore) is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 183 m (600 ft). Strategically well located on the intersection of road to Jalore ( District Head Quarter) and Jodhpur(a major city having Airport)
Population of Ahore is 14,623 according to census 2001. Where male population is 7,451 while female population is 7,172.
The Ahore tehsil has 41 Gram Panchayats. Name of the Gram Panchayats are: Agawari, Ahore, Aipura, Ajeetpura, BALA, Bankli, Badanwari,Bavadi, Bhadrajun, Bhanwarani, Bhanswara, Bhooti, Bhorda, Bithuda, Chandra, Charali, Chavarcha, Chunda, Dayalpura, Dodiyali, Ghana, Guda Balotan, Harji, Kamba, Kanwla, Kavarada, Nimbla, NORWA, Nosra, Padarali, Panchota, Paota, Raithal, Rama, Rodla, Sedriya Balotan,Sankrana Shankhwali, Sugalia Jodha, Thanwala, Umedpur, Valadara and Vediya.[2]
The town is birthplace of Indian Jain scholar Muni Jayanandvijay. The centre of Jain books and literature, known as "Gyan-Bhandar", was established here by Jain Acharya Rajendrasuri. The village has 8 Jain temples. One of them is Godi Parshvanath Jain Mandir, its pratistha was done under the guidance of Shri Acharya Rajendrasuri Maharaaj.There is also a temple of SRIMAD RAJCHANDRA of AGASashram.One of grand temple of lord parasnath called PARSHWADI.vimalnathji mandir is also one of historical temple.shantinathji is the oldest temple in ahore and one of its kind in india. it is considered one of of the tirth for jain community .
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Ahore was Very famous for His Bhata Gair. It was a ceremony which used (till 2004) to take place during the festival of Holi. In this ritual people are divided in two team- one who consume alcohol and other who don't and they are separated with a fence in between. The Aim is to cross the fence and the team which crosses the fence first wins it. While some people try to come to the other side, other throw stones on the people trying to invade into their portion. It is the said rule that the participants should be of the Ahore village only.The Grand Poobah of Ahor currently resides in Connecticut, he can be seen wearing one of his trademark, 5 crowns.It is stopped by the administration due to injuries and death of some people in the ceremony.
Ahore is Very Famous fo it's Steel handicraft, Grill, Railing and Steel Designer gate for Temple. this work is done by Suthars.There are almost 14 steel handicraft workshop. They get work from all over Rajasthan and metro city like Mumbai, Chennai, Vijayawada like another.Famous steel handicraft has impact on all over India. Ahore is also famous for its beautiful Morji(a type of footwear) made of leather
From Ahore famous Shree Karani Mata tample distance is only 2 k.m. at in Thikana Sanwara
From Ahore Sureshawar Mandir distance is only 10 k.m. at situiated in Aesrana Pandgara.
