Rawla Mandi (In Hindi and Rajasthani:- रावला मंडी, in Punjabi:- ਰਾਵਲਾ ਮਂਡੀ, in Sindhi:-راولا) is a small town in District Sri Ganganagar of Rajasthan.
| Rawla Mandi रावला मंडी,ਰਾਵਲਾ ਮਂਡੀ,راولا |
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| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Shri Ganganagar district |
| Sarpanch | Sirjeet Singh Baroka |
| Population | 13,712 (2001[update]) |
| Official languages | Hindi |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Rawla is located on Gharsana-Khajuwala road.It is 30 km from Gharsana and 180 km from district headquarter Sri Ganganagar.The state capital Jaipur is 480 km, and national capital New Delhi is 600 km far from here.Rawla Mandi falls 55 km from Anupgarh, 33 km from Khajuwala and 122 km from Bikaner.
Rawla Mandi is town of Thar Desert. Thorny shrubs and sandy dunes are basic characteristics of this region.Kikar(Acacia),Aak(Calotropis procera), Khejari (Prosopis cineraria), Khimp(Leptadenia pyrotechnica), Lathiya, Laana and Booiin(Aerva tomentosa) make natural vegetation of this area. According to experts Rawla area is enriched with fertile soil for crops. Gypsum rocks are assets of this region. The waters of Ignp canal has brought changes to flora and fauna and agriculture of wheat, mustard, cotton, pulses and Jawar has given a composite form of sandy dunes and green fields. It should be noted this region with Gharsana is called cotton-belt but now things are changing rain average per year has fallen dramatically in last few years. Since key source of irrigation is canal-water, insufficient water supply in canal has shown adverse effects on agriculture. Now many farmers are moving to irrigation by tubewells. This is new trend in this area of Rawla Mandi.
Rawla Mandi is currently a gram panchayat local government. The present sarpanch is Dr. Sirjeet Singh Baroka (elected on 23 January 2010).
Rawla is not an old village. The Anoopgarh branch of the IGNP canal brought the waters of the Satluj and Beas rivers in 1967 and at that time some people opened their shops near the bridge built on the canal for labourers and farmers working on the canal site.
In 1982 a new grain market was established. Rawla began to expand and the golden period of Rawla began.On 19 August 1987 a number of illegal shops were demolished by the administration and people showed strong resistance. Earliar Rawla Mandi was a part of Rojari grampanchayat and in 1988 Rawla Mandi was given grampanchayat status.Gangabishan Poonia was elected as first Sarpanch of Rawla Mandi on 1 June 1988.Hardworking and dedication changed the life of the people of Rawla. By 2000 Rawla began to decline due to droughts and lack of water in the canal. Many residents of Rawla left the town and the people became hopeless and sad. The people of Anoopgarh, Gharsana, Khajuwala and Rawla Mandi started a movement against state government.[1] The people of Rawla was demanding sufficient water for agriculture. According to them government had discriminatory attitude between people of first phase and second phase of Ignp irrigation system but government was claiming due to bad rain conditions water supply in Ignp canal had decreased and water was being run as per shares of both phases.[2] Rawla came into the news when this peasant movement became violent when a gathering of farmers entered into the police station and set it fire on 27 October 2004, when three persons Kaluram,Mangilal,Rajkumar died in police firing.A cerfew was imposed on the area.[3]
At present The shortage of water for agriculture is most serious challenge for the people of Rawla Mandi. Now again due to positive rain conditions and water supply in the canal again moving this area path of progress but with slow pace.
List of Sarpanches of Rawla Mandi :- 1.Gangabishan Poonia(1 June 1988-19 July 1991) Note: Malchand Sharma remained as Prashasak(administrator) from 19 July 1991 to 31 Jan. 1995) 2. Rajeram Tak(1 Feb. 1995-31 Jan 2000) 3. Chanderkala Poonia (1 Feb 2000-31 Jan 2005) 4. Jani Devi (1 Feb. 2005-21 Jan. 2010) 5. Sirjeet Singh Baroka (from 23 Jan. 2010-at present)
People are mainly dependent on agriculture based trades. As far as industries is concerned Gypsum grinding factories occupies most important place. Raw gypsum material is supplied from villages. Government central processing unit is the perhaps largest unit in the Asian continent. After grinding gypsum is transported to other northern Indian cities where gypsum based large scale industries use it as raw material. It was a time when Rawla area was known for its high yield of cotton.A number of factories for processing cotton were shut down in recent decade.The industrial area or Riico is located in eastern most part of Rawla Mandi. Various markets work to fulfill needs of people of town and surrounding villages.
Total population is 13712 according to census of 2001.Among these 7315 are males and 6397 is female population that mean sex ratio is 874 for this town.
Bagri, Punjabi, Hindi, Sindhi and Marwari languages are spoken here. (Actually Bagri and Marwari are dialects of Rajasthani). People practice Hindu and Sikh religions. Some people have faith in Islam also. Dera-culture is also here. Many people follows Radha swami, Sacha sauda and Nirankari Mission Deras.
Rajasthan roadway Buses are only public means of transport in Rawla Mandi.Private bus services are other option of transport to other cities and villages.Private taxis are also available to move to nearby villages. Main roads from Rawla Mandi to other cities and villages * 1 MDR 103 (Gharsana-Khajuwala road) :-This road connectes to 281 Head, 12 Mld , Gharsana on the north and Shekhra, Khajuwala on the south-west. * 2 365 head or KND road :- This emerges in west side of Rawla and helps to reach 7 KND, Khanuwali and then 365 head. * 3 Sakhi road :- This road emerges from above mentioned KND road and connects with Rawla village, Sakhi and then Gharsana. * 4 Dandi road :- This road begins from Keshav colony and connects with KPD villages, Dandi,Sattasar and then Bikaner. * 5 Rojri road :- This road emerges on the east part of Rawla mandi and used to transport to Bikaner.It connects to Rojri where it gets merged with Gharsana-Bikaner road. * Dol road :- On the western end of Rawla this road helps to reach 7 DOL.
Schools=== (A)Senior Secondary schools:-* 1 INDIRA MEMORIAL CHILDREN SR.SEC.SCHOOL [arts & agri./medical /non-medical
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(C)Middle and Primary schools:-
(D)English medium schools:-
Nci computers and sunrise computers are working in computer education.Ramgarhia computer center is new institution.
Cricket is popular with youth. Badminton and Indian wresting are also played.
The government runs the local schools, a primary health care centre, veterinary hospital, and the Office of Forest Department. The police station services the southern half region of Gharsana tehsil in addition to the town. The State bank of India (SBI), Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and the Ganganagar Cooperative Bank also operate here. ATM facilities are available at the SBI and OBC.
Dhan Mandi is located in heart of Rawla mandi; vegetable market at Gharsana road are mainly around Shiv Chowk. A clothes and iron-crop market is located on Khanuwali road. New vegetable market has been establish to south of Dhan mandi.
This canal is the region's main water source.This forms the northwestern border of the town and at R.D.321 a bridge cum head is built,where KND and KPD two distributories gets water from canal.This canal is lined by bricks.
Few years ago a Khadwanja (a brick road)is made on the both either banks of canal.In the town side valuable land along the canal has been occupied by various people and they have built pacca houses.People also using banks to dump garbage and litter.For many people banks are used for morning walk and jogging.
Many social organisations are active contributing in social life of town. * 1 Bharat vikas parishad is an active social service and programmes like marriage of poor girls,eye operation camps etc are conducted by the organisation.
Rawla Mandi has various political and governance issues.Since Rawla Mandi is located in far south of Sriganganagar district people have to various probelms. People have to travel about 180 km for their works at district level. The demand for Sub-tehsil at Rawla Mandi has been raised many times because tehsil headquarters Gharsana is 30 km from Rawla Mandi.Rawla Mandi govt. Sen sec school is facing problem of lacking of staff and student after tenth have to opt only arts subjects.