Draft:Beawar district
Beawar district | |
|---|---|
.svg) Location of Beawar district in Rajasthan | |
| Coordinates (Beawar district headquarters): 29°11′22″N 73°12′30″E / 29.18944°N 73.20833°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Division | Ajmer |
| Established | 7 August 2023 |
| Headquarters | Beawar |
| Government | |
| • Type | State Government |
| • Body | Government of Rajasthan |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional_official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH 48 |
| Website | official website |
Beawar (pronounced [bəˈjaːʋər]) is a district of Indian state of Rajasthan. Beawar was the financial capital of Merwara state of Rajputana. It is located in the central Rajasthan amidst Aravali hills. Its headquarters are the eponymous Beawar City which is 60 kilometres south of Ajmer, the divisional headquarter. It was established on 7 August 2023 after carving it out of Ajmer district. Currently, major industries include mineral-based units, machine-based units, machine tools and accessories, pre-stressed concrete pipes, plastic products, textiles, wooden furniture and asbestos cement pipes. Beawar is the largest producer of cement in northern India and home to Shree Cement. It is situated in a mineral-rich region having reserves of feldspar, quartz, asbestos, soapstone, magnesite, calcite, limestone, mica, emerald, granite, and masonry stone. Reserves of barytes, fluorite, wollastonite and vermiculite have also been found.[citation needed] Nearest airports are Jodhpur (145 km), Kishangarh and Jaipur (190 km). It is also connected by RSRTC operated buses to all parts of Rajasthan, and neighboring Delhi NCR, Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). It also has railway connectivity with Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Bangalore (bi-weekly), Haridwar, Dehradun (weekly), Bareilly and Muzzafarpur.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 34–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot creates 19 more districts, 3 new divisions in election year". The Times of India. 2023-03-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-30.