Makrana

Makrana
Urban
Nickname(s): Sangemarmar Nagari
Makrana

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 27°03′N 74°43′E / 27.05°N 74.72°ECoordinates: 27°03′N 74°43′E / 27.05°N 74.72°E
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Named for Makran town of Iranian Saltanat
Government
 • Type Democratic
 • Body Municipal Corporation Board
Elevation 408 m (1,339 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 203,987
Languages
 • Official Hindi & English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 341505
Vehicle registration RJ-21, RJ-37,

Makrana is a Municipal Corporation and tehsil in the Nagaur district of Indian state of Rajasthan. There are more than 136 villages under this Tehsil and it is one of the biggest tehsil in Nagour District.[1][2] Makrana is famous for the white stone as marble mined from the mines around it. The Taj Mahal was built from Makrana marble. Makrana is a large town and it has plenty of marble outcrops. Most of the residents in this town work as marble miners.[3]

Geography

Makrana is located at 27°03′N 74°43′E / 27.05°N 74.72°E.[4] It has an average elevation of 408 metres. Various Marble range are present there which exerts out best marble of the World. It lies in the middle of the oldest Araveli range of Rajasthan due to which you can see a combination of Mine and hill together at many places. (1338 feet).

History

Makrana was one of the towns of Princely Thikana Maukala in British India. It is the world's most renowned white marble site from which The Taj Mahal, Victoria Memorial of Kolkata, Birla Temple of Jaipur and Jain Temple of Dilwara in Southern Rajasthan were built. It is believed that 1800 artisans who hails from Makrana (coastal strip in the south of Sindh and Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran) who came to India to build Taj Mahal were settled in this town, hence it is known as Makrana.

Demographics

Majority of the population are Muslims, other include Hindu and Jains.

Education
Demographic Point Percent
Total
  
 69.3%
Male
  
 79%
Female
  
 47%
Education in Makrana

Economy

The town is well linked to railroads and other forms of transportation. Makrana is a junction between Jaipur, Parbatsar and Jodhpur cities.

Known for its white marble reserves, Makrana is a large town in Nagaur district, with a deposit of 560 million tonnes and 40,000 labourers working in 900 mines in the several ranges of the Aravallis. Makrana, along with Rajsamand, are the main centres of marble in Rajasthan. Calcitic in nature, Makrana Marble is regarded as the oldest in age and finest in quality .

The present rate of marble production from Makrana is 19.20 million tonnes per year with an annual revenue of Rs 10036 crore ( million )

Per capita income is INR 50,000 which is much higher than national average of INR 46,000. It is the Richest municipality in Rajasthan.

Makrana is source of employment to more than 1 Lakh people of about 200 surrounding villages. The famous Victoria Memorial of Kolkata, the world famous Taj Mahal in Agra, Raudat Tahera in Mumbai and Jain Temple of Dilwara in southern Rajasthan are built from Makrana Marble. Some other famous monuments where Makrana Marble have been used are Haji Ali Dargah of Mumbai, Jain Temple of Mysore, Ambedkar Park of Lucknow and so on.

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Mining

Makrana has various mining ranges, popularly known as Doongri, devi, Ulodi, Saabwali, Gulabi, Kumari, Neharkhan, Matabhar, Matabhar kumari, Chuck doongri, Chosira and Pahar kua etc.Pahar kua range is supposedly the actual mines from where marble for TAJ MAHAL was extracted.

Doongri, devi, Saabwali, Ulodi, Chosira and Neharkhan are famous for white marble, whereas Ulodi is famous for Albeto Marble. These mines produce white-brown belt beautiful marble. Gulabi stands for pink plain and pink Adanga marble whereas almost all mines produce Adanga marbles with brown and grey shades. There are around 800 factories for marble cutting and processing. They uses Gang-saw Machines and

Makrana marble is a metamorphic rock. It is a single deposit in India. The Makrana marble has 90 to 98 percent CaCO3.

Famous buildings made from Makrana Marble

Famous Mosques of Makrana

Famous Temples of Makrana

Educational Institute in Makrana

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://nagaur.nic.in/village_abst.pdf
  2. ↑ http://nagaur.nic.in/village_list_Nagaur.pdf
  3. ↑ http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf
  4. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Makrana
  5. ↑ "Makrana Pincode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 2014-05-19.