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• Chittaurgarh
• Churu
• Dausa
• Dhaulpur
• Dungarpur
• Ganganagar
• Hanumangarh
• Jaipur
• Jaisalmer
• Jalore
• Jhalawar
• Jhunjhunu
• Jodhpur
• Karauli
• Kota
• Nagaur
• Pali
• Pratapgarh
• Rajasmand
• Sawai Madhopur
• Sikar
• Sirohi
• Tonk
• Udaipur

Bhilwara District

• Area
• Location
• Distance from Major Cities
• Climate and Rainfall
• Administrative Setup
• Human Resources
• Major Crops and Their Production
• Mineral Production
• Infrastructure
• Banking
• Educational Facilities/Institutions
• Industrial Scenario
• Investment Projects

Area

• 10,455 sq.kms. (3.05 per cent of the State)

Location

Bhilwara district lies in the south-eastern part of Rajasthan. The district is bound by Ajmer in North, Chittaurgarh in south, Udaipur in west and Bundi in the east.

Distance from Major Cities

• Jaipur-254 kms.
• Delhi-215 kms.
• Ahmedabad-371 kms.
• Mumbai-922 kms.

Climate and Rainfall

• The district has moderate climate. The summer is dry and the winters are severe.
• Maximum temperature 45 degrees celsius
• Minimum temperature 7 degrees celsius
• The average rainfall in the district is 79.60 cms

Administrative Setup

From administrative point of view, Bhilwara district is part of Ajmer division. It is divided into five sub-divisions and 11 tehsils. It has 6 towns and 11 panchayat samitis.

Human Resources

Major Crops and Their Production

Mineral Production

Infrastructure

• Electricity 
  Bhilwara receives electricity from Kota, Beawar, Rana Pratap Sagar and Nimbahera. All the 1,565 villages have been electrified.
• Water
  The main rivers in the district are Banas, Beduch, Kothari, Khari, Menaali, Unli and Meaj. The water table in the district is comparatively high between 10 to 20 meters. The ground water is fresh and potable. The district has about 86,600 wells and 56 tube-wells, providing drinking water and irrigation facilities.
• Road Transport
  State Hightway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the district. The total road length in the district is 3,883 kms as on 31 March 2000.
• Rail Transport
  A meter gauge railway line measuring 84 kms., connects Ajmer with Khandwa and passes through the district. A broad gauge line has also been laid from Kota to Chittorgarh which passes through the district at Mandalgarh.
• Air Transport
  The nearest airport is at Udaipur (171 kms.)
• Communication Facilities

Banking

Educational Facilities/Institutions

Industrial Scenario

• No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 38
• No. of Small Scale Units: 9,298
• No of Industrial Areas: 7
  1. Bigod
  2. Bhilwara - Phase I, II, III
  3. Extension Area
  4. Bhilwara
  5. Jahajpur
  6. Raila
  7. Transferred Area I.E.
• Main Existing Industries Pressure pipes, basic metal and alloy units, bread and biscuits, cardboard boxes, carpet and shoddy yarn, cattle feed, confectionary, cotton ginning, cotton niwar and tape, cotton and synthetic yarn, cotton mercising and doubling yarn, cotton textiles, electrical machinery and instruments, dal mills, ice candy manufacturing, machinery and spare parts, mica processing, oil mills, oxygen gas, power loom cloth, processing of synthetic fibres, quartz grinding, rubber and plastic basee units, scented tobacco and bidi, silica and sand grinding, soap stone purverising, suiting and shirting, vanaspati solvent oil, woollen blankets.
• Export Items Asbestos, polyster viscose and woollen blended cotton yarn and fabrics, fabrics soddy yarn wool top, powerlooms parts and accessories, polythene bags, PVC footwear, sodium sulphide, spinning mills, wooden packing boxes, zinc oxide.

Investment Projects

Major Investment Projects as of Jul 2006 in Bhilwara