22-508: Jayal is a census town and tehsil headquarters in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan state. The town is located 50 km away from Nagaur . One of the oldest Stone Age civilization contemporary to Bagor and Tilwara. Jayal is located at 27°13′00″N 74°11′00″E / 27.2167°N 74.1833°E / 27.2167; 74.1833 . It has an average elevation of 296 metres (974 feet). As of 2001 India census , Jayal had
44-682: A literacy rate of 64.08%. 19.26% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.16% and 0.31% of the population respectively. Languages of Nagaur district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 81.09% of the population spoke Rajasthani , 14.94% Marwari , 2.05% Hindi and 1.71% Urdu as their first language. 27°12′N 73°44′E / 27.200°N 73.733°E / 27.200; 73.733 Prosopis cineraria Adenanthera aculeata Roxb. Mimosa cineraria L. Prosopis spicigera L. Prosopis spicata Burm. Prosopis cineraria , also known as Persian mesquite or ghaf ,
66-508: A WSW course into the Kutch . The river Luni enters into Nagaur district near Ladpura (about 2.5 to 3 km (1.6 to 1.9 mi) southwest of Ladpura) and drains the villages of Alniawas, Jhintia etc. finally crossing the village Kekind to enter into the Jaitaran area of Pali district. Although it has a number of tributaries all but one join it from the south. None of these drain any water into
88-513: A population of 12,218. Males constitute 6,258 of the population and females 5,960. This article related to a location in Rajasthan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nagaur district Nagaur District is one of the 50 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India. Panchayati Raj was introduced here. It is the fifth largest district in Rajasthan and
110-416: A semi-arid climate with sparse thorn and scrub type of vegetational cover. These are Nagaur , Deh , Khinvsar , Jayal , Merta City , Degana , Mundwa , Sanjoo , Riyan badi All of these are Sub-divisions also. There are 15 blocks and 1607 villages in the district. Charbhujanath temple and Meera bai mandir situated at mertacity which is known as the birthplace of bhakta Shiromani Meerabai. According to
132-530: A sparse cover of thorny woodland with distinct variations in different topographical areas. The principal trees found on sand dunes are Prosopis cineraria , Acacia senegal , Tecomella undulata , Gymnosporia and Aerva . Physiographically the district is marked by a low and gentle relief interspersed with the isolated hills and knolls of the Aravallis. The major part of the district is characterised by stabilised sand dunes. Climatologically^the area experiences
154-570: Is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . It is native to arid portions of Western Asia and the Indian Subcontinent , including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, India, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Its leaves are bipinnate . It can survive extreme drought. It is an established introduced species in parts of Southeast Asia , including Indonesia . The ghaf
176-583: Is highly revered among Hindus and worshipped as part of Dusshera festival. This tree takes importance during the tenth day of the Dasara Festival when it is celebrated in various parts of India. Historically, among the Rajputs , the ranas – who were the high priest and the king – used to conduct the worship and then to liberate a jay which was the sacred bird of Lord Rama. In the Deccan , as part of
198-549: Is indicative of the presence of a deep water table. As with some other Prosopis spp., P. cineraria has demonstrated a tolerance of highly alkaline and saline environments. The tree should not be confused with the similar-looking Chinese lantern tree, Dichrostachys cinerea . They can be told apart by the flowers. While the Chinese lantern tree has bicolored pink-yellow flowers, the true Shami tree has yellow-colored bristled flowers only, like most other mesquites . This tree
220-800: Is known as chhonkara ) and Telangana (where it is known as jammi ) in India. A large and well-known example of the species is the Tree of Life in Bahrain; it is approximately 400 years old and growing in a desert devoid of any obvious sources of water. In 1730 AD, the village of Khejarli near Jodhpur in Rajasthan was the scene of a violent environmental confrontation. Amrita Devi and her three young daughters gave their lives in an attempt to protect some khejri trees which Maharaja Abhay Singh had ordered cut to make way for his new palace. This led to widespread defiance in which 363 people were killed trying to save
242-707: Is known as the Banni mara , and holds a special place in the Mysore Dasara, where its worshipped on the Vijay-dashami day. In the Mahabharata, the Pandavas spent their thirteenth year of exile in disguise in the kingdom of Virata. Before going to Virata, they hung their celestial weapons in this tree for safekeeping for a year. When they returned after a year, they found their weapons safe in
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#1732797760369264-660: Is reflected in the lack of horizonatioi of the soils. The soil material appears to have been formed from mixed sources of igneous , metamorphic and vindhyan systems. The following soil profile is a typical pedon which occupies more than 70 percent of the area. The main sandy tract of the area lies to the west of the Luni river. The northern and western parts of the district have scattered dunes, these being mostly parabolic, longitudinal barchans and obstructed dunes, oriented in NNE-SSW to NE-SW directions. The vegetation consists of
286-674: Is the national tree of the United Arab Emirates . Through the Give a Ghaf campaign its citizens are urged to plant it in their gardens to combat desertification and preserve their country's heritage. The desert village of Nazwa in the UAE is home to the Al Ghaf Conservation Reserve. Prosopis cineraria is also the state tree of Rajasthan (where it is known as khejri ), Western Uttar Pradesh (where it
308-497: The 2011 census Nagaur district has a population of 3,307,743, roughly equal to the nation of Uruguay or the US state of Connecticut . This gives it a ranking of 102nd in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 187 inhabitants per square kilometre (480/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.25%. Nagaur has a sex ratio of 950 females for every 1000 males, and
330-482: The Punjab . In Karnataka , Acacia ferruginea has also been locally referred to as Banni mara instead of the accepted Khejri tree, and accepted as the tree where the Pandavas hid their weapons during exile. There are also some unconfirmed references which consider Acacia ferruginea as the tree which is revered and worshipped on Vijay Dashami day . However, according to historical references, Prosopis cineraria
352-408: The area of the district is 17,718 km (6,841 sq mi). The city of Nagaur is the district headquarters. Nagaur District is between 26°25' & 27°40' north latitude & 73°.10' & 75°.15' east longitude. The district is bounded by Bikaner District to the northwest, Churu District to the north, Sikar District to the northeast, Jaipur District to the east, Ajmer District to
374-645: The branches of the Shami tree. Before taking the weapons, they worshipped the tree and thanked it for keeping their weapons safe. In Thar Desert the singhri or sangri pods growing on Prosopis cineraria are used in various types of bhaaji and kadhi . Singhri is one of the traditional cuisines of the Thar Desert. Extract from unripe fruit pods of the plant was shown to ameliorate artificially-induced damage to testes in an animal model. Leaves of this tree can ameliorate mouth ulcers. Chewing its leaves for
396-430: The main river but for a few days during the monsoon. The wide beds of these rivers have been considerably filled by alluvial and aeolicin sediments and in places they have almost been choked by aeolian sand. The river Luni also acts as an barrier against the eastward spread of aeolian sand. The study area is greatly influenced by strong winds and the soil is wind-modified to a varied degree. The effect of arid condition
418-571: The southeast, Pali District to the south, and Jodhpur District to the southwest and west. The district lies in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, in the Northwestern thorn scrub forests belt surrounding the Thar Desert . The Aravalli Range extends across the southeastern portion of the district, and the saline Sambhar Lake , India's largest salt lake and Rajasthan's largest lake, lies at
440-617: The southwestern corner of the district, straddling the boundary with Jaipur District. Kheduli is a historic palace where pupil of Khawaja Moiniddin Chisti Hamiduddin Nagouri lived for 10 years and located on the railway line of Jaipur-Jodhpur. The only river that flows through the Nagaur district is the Luni which is of ephemeral nature. This river originates from the Aravallis, near Pushkar in Ajmer district and follows
462-653: The tenth-day ritual of Dussahera , the marathas used to shoot arrows onto the crown of the tree and gather the falling leaves into their turbans. The tree is known by different names across the western and northern regions of India, e.g. shami in Madhya Pradesh , Maharastra & Uttar Pradesh , jammi in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh , khijro in Gujarat , khejri in Rajasthan, janti in Haryana , and jand in
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#1732797760369484-549: The trees . In the 1970s, the memory of this sacrifice led to the start of the Chipko movement . P. cineraria is a small tree, ranging in height from 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft). The leaves are bipinnate, with seven to fourteen leaflets on each of one to three pinnae. Branches are thorned along the internodes. Flowers are small and creamy-yellow and followed by seeds in pods. The tree is found in extremely arid conditions, with rainfall as low as 15 cm (5.9 in) annually; but
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