Pindwara

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pindwara
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = मारवाड़ी, Marwari
| other_name = Pindaravataka
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[Tehsil]] (sub-division)
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
| coordinates = {{coord|24.7945|N|73.055|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sirohi district|Sirohi]]
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1433 AD
| founder =
| named_for = Home of God
| government_type = Rajasthan Government
| governing_body = Municipality
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Jitendra Kumar [[BJP]]
|leader_title2 = Vice Chairman
|leader_name2 = Chelaram Dewasi [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 3rd In Sirohi District
| area_total_km2 = 20
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 372
| population_total = 24487
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank = 4th In Sirohi District
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 307022
| area_code = 02971
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|RJ-IN]]
| registration_plate = RJ-24 RJ-38
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1000/908<ref name="census2011.co.in">[http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800556-pindwara-rajasthan.html Pindwara Population Census,2011]</ref> [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy Rate
| blank2_info_sec1 = 75.98%(2011)<ref name="census2011.co.in"/>
|blank3_name_sec1 = Nearest City
|blank3_info_sec1 = [[Sirohi]], [[Udaipur]], [[Abu Road]], [[Palanpur]], [[Falna]]
| blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature
| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|37|°C|°F}}
| blank4_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature
| blank4_info_sec2 = {{convert|5|°C|°F}}
| blank5_name_sec2 = Avg. Rainfall
| blank5_info_sec2 = 600-800MM
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Pindwara''' is a municipality and [[tehsil]] located in [[Sirohi District]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Rajasthan]]. Pindwara is one of main financial city of [[Sirohi district]] after [[Abu Road]]. As of 2011, the population of Pindwara is 24,487. It is located {{cvt|435|km}} southwest of the state capital, [[Jaipur]], between [[Aravalli Hills]] and plains of Marwar region.
The city used to be a major area of marble and stone carving in [[India]] by long time.
It is common belief that if there is any construction of temple work all over the world, it could not complete without involvement of Pindwara artisan.
This is proved by this fact that marble carvings of major temples of [[India]] like Akshardham temple network, Shri Ram temple Ayodhya are being carried out in the city.

Currently, Pindwara is home to three large industries named [[Ultratech Cement|UltraTech Cement ltd]], JK Laxmi Cement ltd and Wolkem India ltd.
Pindwara is mineral rich region having reserves of Limestone, Quartz, Marble, Calcite, Masonry Stone, Wallastonite, Felspar and Granite.
Reserves of Copper also have been found in Basantgarh village of Pindwara.

Nearest airports are [[Udaipur]] (100 km) and [[Ahmedabad]] (230 km). It is connected by RSRTC and GSRTC operated buses to all parts of [[Rajasthan]], and Indian cities of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Delhi]] And [[Mumbai]]. It also have railway connectivity with [[Chennai]], [[Banglore]], [[Puri]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Mysuru]], [[Agra]], [[Haridwar]], [[Gwalior]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]], etc.

Many of locals of the city are settled all across the Country.

==History==
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The history of this city is studied with the history of Sirohi. This region comes into the Sirohi state and was established by the Rao Devraj in the 14th century which belongs to the "Chauhan Kabila" of [[Rajputana]] clan. At that time, Pindwara was known as Pindaravataka. After then, Pindwara village was under the Dabi Rajputs till 1630. He was a brave adventurer and heroic Kshatriya. Pindwara village was not inhabited at that time. Then, Sirohi Maharao invited Pindwara Dabi Rajput to Sirohi and offered to made him special officer (Ohadedar)"Khajan". After 1650, Pindwara became under Mewar (Sisodiya Rajput), The Pond (Talab), Pindwara Vaav (Badi baav) were built during The Time Of Rana Amar Singh till 1670. After that, other Rajputs also started living in Pindwara which have their own histories. It was said that the Rao Devraj is the descendant of Prithviraj III. Before the 19th century, this region was known as the battleground of the Jodhpur State and Meena Tribe.

==Pindwara Region==
Pindwara is located at {{Coord|24.7945|N|73.055|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Pindwara.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pindwara]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{cvt|372|m}}.

'''Inner Pindwara''': The inner city of Pindwara is the main and religious area of Pindwara having many ancient Jain-Hindu temples and markets such as Sadar Bazar, Udaipur Road Bazar, Old Mill Big Bazar, etc. It has shops for all categories like clothes, shoes, cosmetic items, metal items, sweets stores, etc. The ancient temple of Lord Mahavir by Samprati Maharaj and Shakti Mata Mandir is situated in the middle of the city.

'''Outer Pindwara''': The outer area of Pindwara is industrial, transportation and residential developing area. These area have transportation facility of railway station and bus stand. This area has a RIICO area for industrial development with 230+ factories of different categories. Area developing its residential area on station road, [[Ahmedabad]] road and [[Jhadoli]] road. This area have park, police station, civil court and government offices of tehsil, SDM office, panchayat samiti, etc.

==Demographics==
As of the 2011 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Pindwara had a population of 24,487.
Males constitute 52.40% of the population and females 47.60%. Pindwara has an average literacy rate of 75.98%, higher than the state average of 66.11%. 88.86% of the males and 61.84% of females are literate.
13.93% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are 25 wards in the city As per order of [[government of Rajasthan]] 2019. Pindwara is the most populous tehsil in [[Sirohi district]] with a population of 2,61,789 and controlling over 107 villages. The religious population of Pindwara is 88.56% [[Hindus|Hindu]], 7.55% [[Muslims|Muslim]], 0.08% [[Sikhs]], 3.68% [[Jain]], 0.05% [[Christians]], and 0.03% didn't stated.

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Pindwara
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|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|
[[Hinduism]]|orange|88.56}}
{{bar percent|
[[Islam]]|green|7.55}}
{{bar percent|
[[jainism]]|pink|3.68}}
{{bar percent|
[[sikh]]|yellow|0.08}}
{{bar percent|others|black|0.05}}
|caption=Distribution of Religions 
Includes [[Christians]] (0.05%).
}}

{{Bar chart
| title = Population growth through the years
| lable_type = Year
| data_type = Population
| bar_width = 35
| width_units = em
| data_max = 100000
| label8 = 1991 | data8 = 15185
| label9 = 2001 | data9 = 20765
| label10 =2011 | data10 = 24487

}}
 Source:<ref name="censusindia2">{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-rajasthan.php?cityid=0841903000|title= Census of Pindwara}}</ref>


==Climate==
Pindwara is influenced by local steppe climate. The warmest month of the year is May, with an average temperature of {{cvt|32.7|C}}. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around {{cvt|17.5|C}}. The average annual temperature in Pindwara is {{cvt|25.5|C}}. The rainfall here averages mm.

{{Weather box
|location= Pindwara
|metric first= yes
|single line= yes

|Jan high C= 25.5
|Feb high C= 25.9
|Mar high C= 36.4
|Apr high C= 40.8
|May high C= 41.1
|Jun high C= 44.2
|Jul high C= 35.0
|Aug high C= 32.4
|Sep high C= 32.9
|Oct high C= 31.2
|Nov high C= 30.3
|Dec high C= 28.7

|Jan low C= 15.1
|Feb low C= 10.0
|Mar low C= 20.2
|Apr low C= 24.8
|May low C= 26.2
|Jun low C= 28.3
|Jul low C= 25.2
|Aug low C= 23.2
|Sep low C= 24.6
|Oct low C= 20.1
|Nov low C= 15.9
|Dec low C= 12.3

|Jan precipitation mm= 3
|Feb precipitation mm= 0
|Mar precipitation mm= 1
|Apr precipitation mm= 1
|May precipitation mm= 5
|Jun precipitation mm= 56
|Jul precipitation mm= 513
|Aug precipitation mm= 633
|Sep precipitation mm= 307
|Oct precipitation mm= 29
|Nov precipitation mm= 9
|Dec precipitation mm= 1

|source= [https://en.climate-data.org/location/24582/]
|date= May 2012
}}

==Economy==
Pindwara is home to three large and 250+ medium-small industries generating revenue in Hundred Crores.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} [[Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation|RIICO]] and three large factories provide employment to the citizens. Wolkem India ltd, situated at Sirohi road, is [[Asia]]'s biggest miner of Wallastonite. Pindwara ranked the second number in [[Rajasthan]] in [[Calcite]] mining after [[Udaipur]]. Pindwara has Transport Nagar at Sirohi road. Approximately 35,000 peoples work in the factories of Pindwara.

==Transport System==
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Pindwara is well connected with the [[India]]n cities by road and railways.

===Road===
Pindwara connects to two major National Highways. The first is [[National Highway 27 (India)|National Highway 27]], which is the longest national highway in India and also named as East West Corridor Connecting [[Porbandar]] ([[Gujarat]]) to [[Silchar]] ([[Assam]]). The second is [[National Highway 62]] which originates from Pindwara and runs to [[Abohar]] ([[Punjab]]) while connecting cities like [[Palanpur]], [[Sirohi]], [[Udaipur]], [[Pali, Rajasthan|Pali]] etc. Approximately 150+ buses of [[Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation|RSRTC]] and [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation|GSRTC]] pass through Pindwara Bus Stand.

===Rail===
Pindwara is well connected by rail transport by [[Pindwara railway station]] with [[India]]n cities of [[Banglore]], [[Ajmer]], [[Jaipur]], [[Puri]], [[Mysore]], [[Chennai]], etc. It is second largest railway of [[Sirohi district]] under administrative control of [[North Western Railway|NWR]]. Pindwara is one of railway station in [[North Western Railway zone|NWR]] that sending most freight traffic.

==Education==
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'''Colleges'''
* Government College Pindwara
* J.R College Pindwara
* Trinity B.Ed College Pindwara
* Government ITI College Pindwara
* Trinity College Pindwara

'''Schools'''
* Government Senior Secondary School (Main Campus) Pindwara
* Government Senior Secondary School (Extra Campus) Pindwara
* Government Girls Senior Secondary School Pindwara
* V.S.S Senior Secondary School Pindwara
* Deep Jyoti Public School Pindwara
* Adarsh Vidhya Niketan Pindwara
* Naveen Adarsh Vidhya Mandir Pindwara
* Swami Vivekanand Govt. Model School Pindwara
* Padma Binani DAV Public School Pindwara
* Eurekha Public School Pindwara
* Lakshmipat Singhania School Pindwara
* Ken Public School Pindwara
* Rajasthan Public School Pindwara
* Vatsalya Public School Pindwara
* Shree Ram Bal Vidhya Mandir UPS Pindwara
* Balaark Public School Pindwara
* Keshav Vidhya Mandir UPS Pindwara
* M.R Public School Pindwara
* Modern Public School Pindwara
* Bharati Vidhya Mandir Pindwara
* Deep Jyoti Public School Pindwara
* M.V.M Public School UPS Pindwara
* Adarsh Vidhya Mandir Pindwara
* Madarsa Kadriya Chistiya PS Pindwara
* Government Primary School Ward No. 18 Pindwara
* Government Primary School Ward No. 01 Pindwara
* Government Primary School Ward NO. 13 Pindwara
* Govt Girls Upper Primary School Pindwara
* Trinity International School Pindwara
* Maruti Shikshan Sansthan
* St. Xavier's School, Pindwara
* M.R. Public School, Pindwara

==Religious landmarks==
* Shakti Mata Temple
* Sundha Mata Temple
* Baba Ramdev Temple
* Veer Bavsi Temple
* Bayosa Mata Temple
* Laxmi Narayan Temple
* Sachiya Mata Temple
* Khimaj Mata Temple
* Dwarkadheesh Temple
* Baan Mataji Temple
* Shreepati Dham Govind Vallabh Dasji Maharaj
* Neelkanth Mahadev Temple Kantal
* Sariya Devi Temple
* Anopdas ji ki Jhupdi
* Saraswati Temple Ajari
* Shri Bamanwadji Tirth
* Shri Ram Mandir
* Shree Gogaji Bavsi Temple
* Gopeshwar Mahadev Temple
* Kashi Ram Temple
* Radha Krishna Temple
* Arashna Ambaji Temple
* Huzur Shahbuddin Baba Dargah (Huzur Baba)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Sirohi district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Sirohi district]]

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