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Area
- 16,830 square kilometres (4.92 per cent of the State)
Location
The district is located in the North-Eastern Rajasthan. It is bounded by Sri Ganganagar district in the North, by Sikar and Jhunjhunun and Hissar district of Haryana in the East, by Nagaur in the South and in the West by Bikaner.
Distance from Major Cities
- Jaipur -189 kms.
- Delhi -282 kms.
- Ahmedabad-814 kms.
- Mumbai-1365 kms.
Climate and Rainfall
- The district has dry climate with large variation in temperature.
- The minimum and maximum temperature varies from 0.5 to 48.2 degree celsius
- The normal rainfall is only 32.8 cm.
Human Resources
| Indicators of Human Resources |
Unit |
No. |
|---|
| Population |
persons |
19,22,908 |
| Density of population |
persons per sq. km |
114 |
| Literacy |
per cent |
66.97 |
| Working Population |
per cent of population |
29.50 |
| Percentage distribution of work force |
Unit |
No. |
|---|
| Cultivators |
per cent |
73.17 |
| Agricultural labourers |
per cent |
3.16 |
| Household industry manufacturing |
Unit |
No. |
|---|
| Processing, servicing and repairs |
per cent |
2.26 |
| Other workers |
per cent |
21.41 |
Major Crops and their Production
| Sr. |
Production 2004-05 |
Tonnes |
|---|
| 1 |
Kidney bean (Moth) |
130801 |
| 2 |
Gram |
107659 |
| 3 |
Bajra |
78283 |
| 4 |
Rapeseed & Mustard |
38046 |
| 5 |
Wheat |
37107 |
| 6 |
Guarseed |
18923 |
| 7 |
Groundnuts |
16870 |
| 8 |
Green gram (Moong) |
11056 |
| 9 |
Barley |
3622 |
| 10 |
Rapeseed |
1733 |
| 11 |
Fenugreek seed |
1508 |
| 12 |
Cumin seed |
589 |
| 13 |
Cowpea (Chowri) |
272 |
| 14 |
Psyllium seeds |
105 |
| 15 |
Linseed |
45 |
Infrastructure
- Electricity
Power supply to the district is from Bhakra hydel Complex through 132 KV lines coming via Hissar in Haryana. of the total 926 vilalges in the district, 902 villages have been electrified.
- Water
Water is available at the depth of 30 to 48 metres except in some places viz. Sujangarh and Tonaragarh tehsils.
- Road Transport
The district has good conections within and ouotside the State. National Highway No.11 (Agra-Bikaner) passes through the district. The total length of roads in the district is 3,010 km.
- Rail Transport
Churu district is served by meter gauge lines of Northern and Western Railways. Total length of rail line is 363 km.
- Air Transport
Nearest airport is at Jaipur (189 km.)
- Communication Facilities
| Sr. |
Communication Facilities |
No. |
|---|
| 1 |
Post offices |
392 |
| 2 |
Telegraph offices |
89 |
| 3 |
Telephone exchanges |
83 |
| 4 |
Public call offices |
682 |
Banking
| Offices, Deposits and Credit as on Sep 2005 |
Offices (No.) |
Deposits (Rs.Lakh) |
Credit (Rs.Lakh) |
|---|
| All Scheduled Commercial Banks |
111 |
97500 |
46200 |
| Public Sector Banks |
54 |
77800 |
39500 |
| SBI and its Associates |
19 |
34800 |
15200 |
| Nationalised Banks |
35 |
43000 |
24300 |
| Foreign Banks |
- |
- |
- |
| Regional Rural Banks |
55 |
18000 |
6500 |
| Other Scheduled Commercial Banks |
2 |
1600 |
300 |
Educational Facilities/Institutions
| Sr. |
Educational Facilities/Institutions |
No. |
|---|
| 1 |
Primary and middle schools |
1470 |
| 2 |
Secondary and higher secondary schools |
207 |
| 3 |
ITIs |
3 |
| 4 |
Post graduate and under graduate |
11 |
Industrial Scenario
- No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 2
- No. of Small Scale Units: 3,963
- No. of Industrial Areas: 6
- Churu
- Ratnagarh
- Sadulpur
- Sardarsahar
- Sri Dungargarh
- Sujangarh
- Main Industries
Aluminium utensils, Blanket Weaving, Cement, Churan and Chatni, Guargum, Handicraft items on Sandal Wood, Handloom Cloth, Iron and Steel Fabrication, Oil Mills, Papad and Mangori, Polythene Films and Bags, Salt, Sand Lime bricks, Steel Furniture, Toilet and Washing Soap, Woollen yarn.
