Marwar Junction

Marwar junction
City
Marwar junction is located in Rajasthan
Marwar junction
Marwar junction
Location in Rajasthan, India
Marwar junction is located in India
Marwar junction
Marwar junction
Marwar junction (India)
Coordinates: 25°43′59″N 73°36′00″E / 25.733°N 73.6°E / 25.733; 73.6
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictPali
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
12,004
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
306001
Telephone code02935
Vehicle registrationRJ-22
Sex ratio928 ♂/♀

Marwar Junction is a census town and tehsil headquarter in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. This is an important railway junction on Ahemdabad - Delhi mainline in Pali district .

Ajmer-Ahmedabad meter gauge opened in 1881 under Rajasthan State Railway and Marwar Junction railway station became the junction on 24 June 1882 on opening of Marwar-Pali section for Jodhpur railway.[1] Mavli-Marwar Junction metre gauge was opened in 1936.[2] It is now on the broad gauge Delhi-Ahmedabad line.

Marwar Junction is mentioned in Kipling's "The Man Who Would be King" where Peachy Carnahan tells Kipling to meet Daniel Dravot on the morning of the 24th as Dravot travels on the Bombay mail.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[3] Marwar Junction had a population of 12004. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Marwar Junction has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 52%. In Marwar Junction, 16% of the population is under six years of age.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1900 - 1947)
  3. ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.


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