Kathumar
| Kathumar Katumbar, Kathoomar | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Kathumar Location in Rajasthan, India | |
| Coordinates: 27°19′01″N 77°04′41″E / 27.317°N 77.078°ECoordinates: 27°19′01″N 77°04′41″E / 27.317°N 77.078°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Alwar |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 10,086 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Census code 073732 | |
Kathumar is a town and tehsil of Alwar district[1] in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Geography
Villages in the tehsil include:
Kankroli
Kankroli is a village in the tehsil Kathumar, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away. Village have an ancient temple next to its secondary school. Bhavadas baba temple is famous in the area. Sarpanch OM PRAKASH is the notable person And reputed person of the village.
Bhojpura
Bhojpura, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) away. Bhojpura has a school that continues to class VIII.
Tusari
Another village included in the tehsil Kathumar is Tusari, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away. Tusari also has a Govt school that runs upto class X. The village also has a girl's hostel and high school - Kasturba Gandhi Girls' hostel in the outskirts of the village.
Education
The most popular college in Kathumar for higher education for women is "Shree Maa Mahila Mahavidyalaya."
For boys there is no facility for higher education, but there are some good schools such as "New modern public school."
"Shree Maa Mahila Mahavidyalaya" was founded in 2004.
Economy
The main occupation is farming. The Hindustan Petroleum gas agency has been started here, namely Desraj Gas Agency situated at Reta road in Kathumar.
There is another village Badka in the tehsil. In this village, 160 families reside. In this village every family has on an average two soldiers in Army. There is another village named Pitampura situated west of Kherli Railway station. Economically most of the people here depend on daily petty works at Kherli.
Health
Gomati Devi Jan Seva Nidhi operates an eye clinic.[2]
Tent House
Here approximately 20 tent houses are running. Well reputed tent house is Khandelwal Tent House (Opp. New Sabji Mandi, Nagar Road. Near pani ki tanki), it is also running marriage home (Khandelwal Marriage Place, Behind Panchayat Samiti.)
Transport
Direct buses are available to Dehli, Jaipur, Bharatpur, Mathura, Agra and Alwar. The nearest airport is Jaipur. One railway station is also present in the nearby town of Kherli. Kathumar's distance from Kherli Railway station is about 10 km. It is also connected to Nagar.
References
- ↑ "Administrative Setup Of Alwar District". District Administration, Alwar. 5 November 2012.
- ↑ "Lighting up lives in rural Alwar". The Hindu. 16 July 2012.
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