Khairthal

Khairthal
town
Khairthal

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 27°50′05″N 76°38′20″E / 27.8346°N 76.6388°E / 27.8346; 76.6388Coordinates: 27°50′05″N 76°38′20″E / 27.8346°N 76.6388°E / 27.8346; 76.6388
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Population (2001)
  Total 32,008
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Khairthal is a town and a municipality in Tehsil Kishangarh Bas Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is at the northern end of Aravalli Range. It has a major industrial importance in Rajasthan because of its connectivity with Delhi & Jaipur. Reportedly, Khairthal also having one of the biggest grain market in Rajasthan.In year 2000, new APMC Mandi has been inaugurated in the Khairthal. Khairthal was based by the community of Brahmin who made this village as their choice to live in, after coming from Pakistan. Later, Sindhi and then Vyasya community also found it good.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[1] Khairthal had a population of 1,50,298. Males constitute 85,115 of the population and females 65,183 Khairthal has an average literacy rate of 82.56%, higher than the state average of 66.11%: male literacy is 89.96%, and female literacy is 74.47%. In Khairthal, 13.6% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Market

Khairthal have APMC mandi[2] which was established in the year 1965, and later shifted to new place in year 2000.Main Produce includes Wheat,Pulses,Mustard and cotton.[3] Timing[4] of mandi operation is from 10 am to 7 pm. Khairthal also have various oil mills.

Connectivity

Khairthal is well connected by both Rail and Road. It's on Delhi Jaipur Railway track 130 km from Delhi. Most of the Trains (Superfast / Fast passenger /Pessengers) on this Link halts at Khairthal, like Ashram Express, Malani Express, Pooja Express.

By road it's connected to National Highway 8 (India) Jaipur Delhi Expressway. Connecting points (Roads) at NH8 for Khairthal: from Jaipur side is Kothputli(via Bansoor), from Delhi side is Dharuheda via Kishangarh Bas. Recently a new megha highway project is being passed from kishangarh to kotputly via Khairthal which will be on its way by 2014. A new jaipur-khairthal express has been started after viewing the number of daily passengers. Recently Jaipur Delhi AC train has been started with Khairthal as its one of the stop.

The Nearest Airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Jaipur International Airport is also near.

References

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=80932

http://agmarknet.nic.in/profile/profile_online/displayformdetails.asp?mkt=256

http://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-OTH-MAT-latest-khairthal-news-035621-3057638-NOR.html

  1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 3


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 14, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.