Indicators of Human Resources |
Population |
persons |
52,52,388 |
Density of population |
persons per sq. kms. |
471 |
Literacy |
per cent |
70.63 |
Total working population |
per cent |
29.17 |
Percentage
distribution of work force |
Cultivators |
per cent |
40.05 |
Agricultural labourers |
per cent |
5.66 |
Household industry
manufacturing, |
|
|
processing servicing and
repairs |
percent |
14.71 |
Production: 1999-00 |
(Tonnes) |
Lime stone |
55,000 |
Soap stone |
38,356 |
Kaoline |
12,707 |
Felspar |
8,245 |
Stealite |
8,291 |
Iron ore |
8,000 |
Quartz |
1,054 |
Calcite |
5 |
Infrastructure
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Electricity
Jaipur district is receiving the
hydro-electric power, supplied by the Chambal Hydel System. Out
of total 2,131 villages in the district, 2,131 were electrified
as on March 2000.
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Water
The major rivers passing through the Jaipur
district are Banas and Banganga. The ground water resources to
the extent of about 28.65 million cubic meter are available in
the district.
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Road Transport
Jaipur city is the capital of the state and
is centrally located. The National Highway No.8 links Delhi to
Ahmedabad and No.11, linking Bikaner to Agra passes through
Jaipur district to a total length of 366 kms. The total length
of different types of roads in the district was about 4,102 kms
as of March 2000.
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Rail Transport
Jaipur district is connected with meter
gauge rail route with Sri Ganganagar, Ajmer, Udaipur and Sirohi.
Jaipur is also connected with major centres of neighbouring
states such as Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and
Delhi. Recently, Jaipur has got connected in broad gauge,
enabling direct connections to cities like Sawai Madhopur, Kota,
Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bombay, Howrah, Lucknow, Kanpur & Delhi.
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Air Transport
Jaipur is connected by air with Jodhpur,
Udaipur, Aurangabad, Delhi, Bombay and outside the country with
Paris, London & Dublin.
Communication Facilities
(Nos) |
Post offices |
599 |
Telegraph offices |
143 |
Telecom centres |
9 |
PCOs |
859 |
Telephone exchanges |
150 |
Banking
Offices,
Deposits and Credit as on Dec 2003 |
|
Offices |
Deposits |
Credit |
|
(No.) |
(Rs.Lakh) |
(Rs.Lakh) |
All Scheduled Commercial
Banks |
408 |
942400 |
766700 |
SBI and its Associates |
109 |
324900 |
178800 |
Nationalised Banks |
166 |
365400 |
446500 |
Foreign Banks |
3 |
11000 |
5900 |
Regional Rural Banks |
74 |
29500 |
7700 |
Other Scheduled Commercial
Banks |
56 |
211600 |
128000 |
Educational Facilities/Institutions
(Nos) |
Universities |
1 |
Colleges |
45 |
Agricultural colleges |
2 |
Engineering colleges |
1 |
Polytechnical colleges |
2 |
Medical colleges |
1 |
Secondary & higher secondary
schools |
554 |
Higher primary schools |
1,460 |
Primary schools |
2,905 |
ITIs |
6 |
Agricultural research centre |
2 |
Industrial Scenario
- No. of large & medium scale running units: 48
- No. of small scale units: 19,544
- No. of industrial areas: 19
Bagru, Bassi, Bais Godam, Bindyaka, Dudu,
Hirawala, Jetpura, Jhotwara, Kaladera, Kanakpura, Kartarpura,
Malviya Nagar, Phulera, Renwal, Sanganeer, Shahpura, Sitapura,
Sudarshanpur and Vishwakarma.
- Main Industrial Products
Acetylene gas, ACSR conductors, ball
bearings, bottling of LPG, ceramics, pottery, cold roll strips,
common salt, corrugated boxes, deoiled cakes, durries, dyeing
and printing, edible oil, electronic items, engraving on brass
items, ferrous and non-ferrous castings, gems and jewellary,
general engineering and manufacturing, granite slabs and tiles,
hand made paper, handicraft items, halogen auto bulbs, hawai
chappals, household electrical appliances, HT steel strips,
lodized salt, lamps, laminated springs for railways, marble
statues, marble tiles & slabs, moulded plastic components for
electronics, perfumes, pigment colours, plastic containers, P.P.
multifilament yarn, PVC cables, PVC doors, PVC footwear, canvas
shoes, nitro chloro benzene, oxygen gas, port land cement,
readymade garments, re-roller products, steel furniture, steel
ingots, stone grits, synthetic leather, synthetic suiting &
shirtings, tablets and capsules, two way radio and line, washing
so ap, wheat maida, suji, atta, woollen carpet, re fined
vegetable oil and vanaspati ghee.
- Export items
Brass and lacquer work, enamel work, gems
and jewellery, granite tiles, handloom, marble statues, printed
cloth and textiles, readymade garments and woollen carpets.
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