Town in Rajasthan, India
Baori is a panchayat village [ 1] in the state of Rajasthan , India ,[ 2] [ 3] Baori is the headquarters town for Bawadi tehsil of Jodhpur District in Rajasthan.[ 3] Baori is the only village in the gram panchayat .[ 3]
Etymology
The town is named after the step-well there, known as a bawari or baori .
Geography
Baori is located in the Thar Desert at an elevation of 260 metres (853 ft) above mean sea level.[ 4] The town lies alongside National Highway 62 ,[ 5] and is 40 km by road north of the city of Jodhpur
Demographics
In the 2001 census, the town of Baori had 10,212 inhabitants, with 5,419 males (53.1%) and 4,793 females (46.9%), for a gender ratio of 884 females per thousand males.[ 6]
Notes
^ 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Baori = 35800, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bawadi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan" . Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013.
^ 2001 Census Village code for Baori = 01947800, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Rajasthan" (PDF) . Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 387. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011.
^ a b c 2011 Census Village code for Baori = 084759, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Baori Gram Panchayat, Bawadi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan" . Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013.
^ Jodhpur India, Sheet NG 43-05 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000) , Series U-502, United States Army Map Service, November 1959
^ Listed as "Bawari". "Statewise Length of National Highways in India" . Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
^ "Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Jodhpur: Bhopalgarh: Baori" . Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013 .
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