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Area
- 2,950 sq. kms. (0.86 per cent of the State)
Location
The district is situated in the eastern part of Rajasthan. It is bound in the north by Alwar district, in south by Sawai Madhopur district, in the west by Jaipur district and in the east by Bharatpur district.
Distance from Major Cities
- Jaipur-56 kms.
- Delhi-317 kms.
- Ahmedabad-681 kms.
- Mumbai-1232 kms.
Climate and Rainfall
- The climate of the district is dry and is subject to extremeness of cold and heat at various places.
- The minimum and maximum temperatures recorded in the district are 3.33 degrees celsius and 44 degrees celsius respectively.
- The normal annual rainfall is 55.2 cms.
Administrative Setup
The district has 5 tehsils and 5 blocks, viz., Bandikui, Dausa, Lalsot, Mahwa and Sikrai.
Human Resources
Indicators of Human Resources |
Units |
No. |
---|
Population |
persons |
13,16,790 |
Density of population |
persons per sq. km. |
384 |
Literacy |
per cent |
62.75 |
Total working population |
per cent |
30.70 |
Percentage distribution of work force |
Units |
No. |
---|
Cultivators |
per cent |
70.50 |
Agricultural labourers |
per cent |
6.89 |
Household industry manufacturing |
- |
- |
processing servicing and repairs |
per cent |
12.6 |
Other workers |
per cent |
10.01 |
Major Crops and Their Production
Sr. |
Production 2004-05 |
Tonnes |
---|
1 |
Wheat |
196416 |
2 |
Bajra |
117822 |
3 |
Rapeseed & Mustard |
103545 |
4 |
Groundnuts |
18390 |
5 |
Barley |
11586 |
6 |
Gram |
9525 |
7 |
Guarseed |
7893 |
8 |
Jowar |
5998 |
9 |
Maize |
2260 |
10 |
Rapeseed |
446 |
11 |
Field pea |
79 |
12 |
Kidney bean (moth) |
48 |
13 |
Sugar cane |
48 |
14 |
Cowpea (Chowri) |
33 |
15 |
Green gram (Moong) |
22 |
Mineral Production
Main minerals of the area are felspar, quartz, asbestos, soapstone, magnesitie, calcite, limestone, mica, emerald, marble, granite, and masonary stone. Fairly good reserves of barytes fluorit, wolastonite and vermiculite have also been found.
Sr. |
Production 1999-00 |
Tonnes |
---|
1 |
Silica sand |
9,919 |
2 |
Quartz |
968 |
3 |
Soap stone |
1,308 |
4 |
China clay |
455 |
5 |
Dolomite |
1,376 |
6 |
Cheja patti |
43,565 |
7 |
Marble luffers |
21,737 |
8 |
Stealite |
92 |
Infrastructure
- Electricity
Dausa district is receiving the power supplied by the Anta Gas Turbine system, Kota. There are 20 electric sub-stations at 16 places in the district. As of March 2000, all villages in the district were electrified.
- Water
The major rivers passing through the Dausa district are Sawa and Banganga.
- Road Transport
The National Highway No. 11 linking Bikaner to Agra passes through Dausa district for a total length of 92 kms. The total length of different types of roads in the district is about 1,508 kms as on 31 March 2000.
- Rail Transport
At present Dausa district is connected with Broad gauge rail route with Jaipur, Alwar and Delhi.
- Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Jaipur (56 kms).
- Communication Facilities
Sr. |
Facilities |
No. |
---|
1 |
Post offices |
249 |
2 |
Telegraph offices |
19 |
3 |
Telephone exchanges |
41 |
4 |
Public call offices |
638 |
Banking
Offices, Deposits and Credit as on Sep 2005 |
Offices (No.) |
Deposits (Rs.Lakh) |
Credit (Rs.Lakh) |
---|
All Scheduled Commercial Banks |
60 |
49900 |
26500 |
Public Sector Banks |
41 |
40300 |
22500 |
SBI and its Associates |
14 |
19500 |
9100 |
Nationalised Banks |
27 |
20800 |
13400 |
Foreign Banks |
- |
- |
- |
Regional Rural Banks |
15 |
7300 |
3400 |
Other Scheduled Commercial Banks |
4 |
2300 |
600 |
Educational Facilities/Institutions
Sr. |
Facilities/Institutions |
No. |
---|
1 |
Colleges |
5 |
2 |
Higher Secondary Schools |
154 |
3 |
Secondary schools |
89 |
4 |
Higher primary schools |
332 |
5 |
Primary schools |
930 |
6 |
Training schools/institutions |
1 |
Industrial Scenario
- No.of small scale units: 471
- No.of industrial areas: 6
- Bandikul
- Bapi
- Dausa
- Jirota
- Lalsot
- Mahuwa
- Main existing industries Automobile repairing workshops, dal mills, durries, general repairing workshops, ice plant, milk chilling, marble slabs, printing press, quick lime, soap stone grinding, stone carving, tyre retreading, woolen carpets.