Jaliwada

Jaliwara Khurd or Jaliwada Khurd
Jhaliwara
Jaliwada जालिवाड़ा खुर्द
village
Jaliwara Khurd or Jaliwada Khurd

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 26°24′47″N 73°35′58″E / 26.41306°N 73.59944°E / 26.41306; 73.59944Coordinates: 26°24′47″N 73°35′58″E / 26.41306°N 73.59944°E / 26.41306; 73.59944
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Bilara
Population (2001)
  Total 1,092
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Climate Dry (Köppen: BSh)
Lok Sabha constituency Pali
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bilara SC

Jaliwara Khurd or Jaliwada is a village in Rajasthan, India. Administratively, it is under Nanan gram panchayat, Bilara tehsil, Jodhpur district, Rajastha.[1]

Majority of the population is Barhat Charan (बारहठ चारण). The family deity (कुलदेवी / Kuldevi - which is worshiped by Barhat Charan clan) of Barhat Charan clan is रवराय / रवेची (Ravrai / Ravechi).

Recently one of the charan girl of this village became The First Woman IAS Officer from Charan Community. Her name is डॉ. रतनकँवर (Dr. Ratankanvar). Her father's name is श्री हड़मतसिंह बारहठ (Shri Hadmat Singh Barhat) & mother's name is श्रीमती प्रकाशकँवर (Smt. Prakashkanvar), the family is currently staying at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Dr. Ratankanvar's husband श्री ललितनारायण सिंह सान्दू (Shri Lalitnarayan Singh Sandu) is also an IAS Officer.

It is 8 km by road northeast of Piparcity on the Jodhpur-Merta road. It is on the left (southeast) bank of the Mitri River, an intermittent stream and tributary of the Luni River.[2]

In 2011, it came into limelight, when the nurse Bhanwari Devi was kidnapped there, leading to a political scandal.[3] 520

Demographics

In the 2001 census, the village of Jaliwara Khurd had 1,092 inhabitants, with 572 males (52.4%) and 520 females (47.6%), for a gender ratio of 909 females per thousand males.[4]

References

  1. 2011 Census Village code for Jaliwara Khurd = 085711, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Nanan, Bilara, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013.
  2. Ajmer, India, Sheet NG 43-06 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000), Series U-502, United States Army Map Service, March 1962
  3. "Bhanwari case: CBI grills former Rajasthan minister". The Hindu. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011.
  4. "Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Jodhpur: Bilara: Jaliwara Khurd". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013.
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