| Jaswantpura | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Jalore |
| Population | 4,399 (2001[update]) |
| Sex ratio | 968 ♂/♀ |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 272 metres (892 ft) |
Jaswantpura is a village in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India. It holds the headquarters of panchayat samiti (block) of the same name and is part of the Bhinmal sub division. It is named after the ruler of Marwar (Jodhpur ) Maharaja Jaswant Singh. Prior to 1947, it was the headquarters of the pargana by the same name. The Navodaya vidyalaya of Jalore district, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Jaswantpura is located here .
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Population of Jaswantpura is 4,399 according to census 2001. where male population is 2,235 while female population is 2,164.[1]
The old name of Jaswantpura was Loyana.
The loyana Garh is of the Rajputs known as ‘Deval’ and was capital thikana of 52 villages(Kalapura to Karada) of Deval pati. Maharana Pratap during his fight against mugal emperor had stayed in loyanagarh for some time and then even got married to the daughter of loyanagarh thakur. After that Maharana Pratap gave the title of ‘Rana’ to the thankur of loyana garh.
After that there was some misunderstanding between Maharaja of Jodhpur and Loyanagarh. The Sardars of Loyanagarh rebelled against the then Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur. Maharaja quelled the rebellion,after two fail attempts, third time he conquered Loyana garh and changed its name to Jaswantpura.
Loyana garh Rana Salam Singh Ji was the rana that time but he ran way. Kuwar Joravar Singh Deval( son of Rana Salam Singh)was taken to Jodhpur and given education in Jodhpur by Maharaja Jaswant Singh. Then Maharaja given a village in pali district name Sinla with three villages zagir name Sinla,Akhawas,Neembali.
Please see below the Loyanagarh family :- Rana Pana Ji his son named Rana Bhuta Ji.Rana Bhuta Ji have four sons. First was Rana Salam Singh Ji, who stayed in loyanagarh. Second was Thakur Veer Singh Ji, who went to thikana - Gajapura. Third & Fourth was Thakur Bhavani Singh Ji & Thakur Sumer Singh Ji, they both went to a Thikana called Vada.
The complete History of Loyana Garh is with the Thakur of Gajapura and Thakur of Akhawas.
The Sagi river flows through town. The nearest airport to Jaswantpura is in Udaipur. Raniwara is the nearest railway station. Most of the commutation is being through buses only.
Kuldevi of Deval Rajput is Khimat Mata which is in Bhinmal.Hanunam ji ka mandir(sunaron ki dharmshala), jain mandir, shiv mandir(madi), mataji ka mandir (famous for garaba), and pataleshawar mahadev ka mandir(bageech). There is a famous Jain Temple in Loyana as Godiji ( shree Godi Parshwanth Bhagawan)this more than 110 years old .
Jaswantpura holds Satimata, and within 20 km is the Sunda Mata temple.
Near Jawahar navodya vidyalaya Shree Songara Veer's (Mamaji) temple is situated in Hopalava farm , This temple is famous for the popularity of the shree sonagara veer in rajasthan.
There are still forts on the hill of loyana garh which are famous.There are four buses available from ahmedabad for going to jaswantpura, 2 are in nights at 11.00 pm and 12.00 pm , 1 on 9.30 a.m. of rajasthan roadlines and buses of gujrat state transport.
The streets of the jaswantpura are famous for its design because their design is as same as Jodhpur on can go to any destination by passing through any street.
Jains hold the major part of village. Entrance of the village consist of Large Jain Dhramshala with all the modern Facilities. There are about 300 houses of Prajapati Kumbhar's in Jaswantpura.
There are 3 famous streets. 1.Ghatkado ka vas 2.Vasala Vas 3.Ghanchiyo ka vas