Kathumar

Kathumar
Katumbar, Kathoomar
Town
Kathumar

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 27°19′01″N 77°04′41″E / 27.317°N 77.078°E / 27.317; 77.078Coordinates: 27°19′01″N 77°04′41″E / 27.317°N 77.078°E / 27.317; 77.078
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Population (2001)
  Total 10,086
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Census code 073732
Fields near Tusari

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

  1. "Administrative Setup Of Alwar District". District Administration, Alwar. 5 November 2012.
  2. "Lighting up lives in rural Alwar". The Hindu. 16 July 2012.


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