Jaisalmer district
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Jaisalmer District is a district of Rajasthan state in western India. The city of Jaisalmer is the administrative headquarters of the district.
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[edit] Geography
It is the largest district of Rajasthan and third largest in the country in area.
Jaisalmer District lies in the Thar Desert, which straddles the border of India and Pakistan. It is bounded on the northeast by Bikaner District, on the east by Jodhpur District, on the south by Barmer District, and on the west and north by Pakistan.
The district is located within a rectangle lying between 26°.4’ –28°.23' North parallel and 69°.20'-72°.42' east meridians.
The length of international border attached to the district is 471 km.
Jaisalmer is almost entirely a sandy waste, forming a part of the great Indian desert. The general aspect of the area is that of an interminable sea of sandhills, of all shapes and sizes, some rising to a height of 150 ft. Those in the west are covered with log bushes, those in the east with tufts of long grass. Water is scarce, and generally brackish; the average depth of the wells is said to be about 250 ft. There are no perennial streams, and only one small river, the Kakni, which, after flowing a distance of 28 m., spreads over a large surface of flat ground, and forms a lake orjhil called the Bhuj-Jhil. The climate is dry and healthy. Throughout Jaisalmer only raincrops, such as bajra, joar, motif, til, etc., are grown; spring crops of wheat, barley, etc., are very rare. Owing to the scant rainfall, irrigation is almost unknown.
[edit] Demographics
According to Indian census 2001, Jaisalmer district's population is 5,08,247. Male constitutes 2,79,101 while females are 2,29,146. Most of the population is rural only i.e. 4,31,853 while urban population is only 15.03% of total population i.e. 76,394. Population density of the district is very low of 13 per Sq.km. Literacy of the district is 51.4%, where male literacy level is 66.89% and female literacy level is 32.25%. Sex ration is 821 Female per 1000 of Males.
[edit] Administrative Set-up
Jaisalmer district have three sub-divisions: Jaisalmer, Pokaran and Fatehgarh. With the same name, these are also the three tehsils of district.
Jaisalmer and Pokaran are the Nagar Palikas, while 744 villages comes under 128 Gram Panchayats. The developmental activities of the district are being looked after by three Panchayat Samities, i.e. Jaisalmer, Sam and Sankra.
[edit] Tourism
Jaisalmer is the largest foreign tourist attractor district in the Rajasthan. Per year about 2,76,887 tourists visit the district and out of which about 1 Lakh tourists are foreigners only. Some of the tourist attractions in the Jaisalmer are:
- Fort & inside fort-Jain Temples & Royal Palace.
- Patwa Havelies.
- Salim Singh’s Haveli.
- Nathmal’s haveli.
- Madir Palace (Tazia Tower).
- Gadsisar Lake.
- Govt. museum & the folk museum.
- Thar desert
Every year Desert festival is being celebrated for the tourists. Ramdevra is also a big attraction for the Baba Ramdevji's pilgrims.
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