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| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Sawai Madhopur |
| Nearest city | Sawai Madhopur |
| Parliamentary constituency | tonk sawaimadhopur |
| Civic agency | tehsil |
| Population | 15,000 |
| Literacy | 70%% |
| Language(s) | Hindi, Harauti, Dundhani |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Khandar is a tehsil of district Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. The river Banas flows through Khandar.[1]
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It is located at .[2]
More than 70% of the population is literate. Languages spoken are Hindi, Harauti and Pashto.
The main livelihood is agriculture. The sources of water are open wells and tube wells. But in nowadays MATHUR VAISH are in majority.Mathur vaish(BANIYA) are going to be sound in financial context.
The Rameshwaram Temple is 20 km from Khandar on the confluence of the Banas and Chambal rivers. There is a beautiful temple of lord Chaturbhuj nathji as well as a Shiva temple on the ghat of chambal river. Which is very old monument but due to lack of care, it is collapsing. A famous yearly mela (fair) is organized a fortnight after deepawli on next poornima. Thousands and thousands people gather here in this fair from sawaimadhopur,kota,baaran districts of Rajsthan and from Sheopur dist. of M.P. As there is vast and plenty religious activities in khandar pargana (local terretory) like GEETABHAWAN SATSANGMANDALS, Akhand keertan and ramayan paath is continuously in movement since somany years. People got inspiration for these activities from famous divine brahmeen mahatma Shri KRISHNANANDJI.
There also is a fort here named 'Taragrah'.A famous temple "SHRI JI MANDIR" is situated at the heart of Khandar.