19-485: Sirohi is a town, located in Sirohi district in southern Rajasthan state in western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirohi District and was formerly the capital of the princely state of Sirohi ruled by Deora Chauhan Rajput rulers. The nearest railway station to Sirohi is Sirohi Road railway station . Sirohi got first rank in 33 districts of Rajasthan for "Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan” in year 2014. Sirohi
38-429: Is a xeric shrubland ecoregion of Pakistan and Northern India , stretching along the border lowlands and hills between the two countries. Once covered in deciduous forest, this ecoregion has been degraded through agriculture and the extraction of timber so that it currently has a scanty covering of thorny scrub dominated by such trees as Acacia senegal , Acacia leucophloea and Prosopis cineraria . Where
57-412: Is located at 24°53′06″N 72°51′45″E / 24.885°N 72.8625°E / 24.885; 72.8625 . It has an average elevation of 321 metres (1053 ft). In 1405, Rao Sobhaji founded the town of Shivpuri on the eastern slope of Siranwa Hill. Shivpuri today lies in ruins. In 1425, Sobhaji's son and successor, Sehastramal (or Sainsmal), founded a fortress on the eastern slope of
76-413: Is situated at the south-west part of Rajasthan between parallel of 24° 20′ and 25° 17′ North Latitude and 72° 16′ and 73° 10′ East Longitude. Sirohi District is broken up by hills and rocky ranges. The granite massif of Mount Abu divides the district into two portions, running from north-east to south-west. The south and south-east part of the district, which lies between Mount Abu and the main spine of
95-654: The Aravallis , is mountainous and rugged, and is drained by the West Banas River . Abu Road , a station on the main Delhi - Ahmedabad rail line, lies in the valley of the West Banas. Dry deciduous forest is common in this part of the district, and the higher elevations of Mount Abu are covered in conifer forests. Abu Road is the biggest city and the main financial hub of Sirohi District. Sirohi district has
114-731: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sirohi one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 ). It is one of the twelve districts in Rajasthan currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). There are five Sub Divisions in the Sirohi district: Abu Road , Sirohi , Mount Abu , Sheoganj , Pindwara and Reodar , while five tehsils are Abu Road , Sirohi , Sheoganj , Pindwara , and Reodar . Five of
133-492: The caracal , which preys on mice, birds, and reptiles. There are two endemic mammals, both bats: Triaenops persicus and the small mouse-tailed bat ( Rhinopoma muscatellum ). There are more than 400 species of birds in the region including the endemic rufous-vented grass babbler ( Laticilla burnesii ), the near-endemic white-winged tit ( Parus nuchalis ) and the threatened great Indian bustard ( Ardeotis nigriceps ) and lesser florican ( Eupodotis indica ). Over 90% of
152-571: The Thar Desert and Indus Valley Desert ecoregions, form Miklos Udvardy 's "Thar Desert" Biogeographic province . The climate of the ecoregion consists of Hot semi-arid ( Köppen climate classification (BSh) ) and Arid ( Köppen climate classification ( BWh )) climates. This climate is characteristic of steppes, grasslands, and forests. The temperature includes, hot summers and cool or dry winters. Precipitation averages 500–600 mm/year with heavy rainfalls and evening thunderstorms with
171-730: The above tehsils (excluding Deldar) have Panchayat Samitis. A total of 162 Gram Panchayts are there for 518 villages in the district and five Nagar Palikas ( Municipalitys ) are there for Sirohi , Sheoganj , Pindwara , Abu Road and Mount Abu . There are three sub-tehsils: Bhavri in Pindwara, Kalandri in Sirohi, and Mandar in Reodar tehsils respectively. 24°53′06″N 72°51′45″E / 24.88500°N 72.86250°E / 24.88500; 72.86250 Northwestern thorn scrub forests The Aravalli West Thorn Scrub Forests , formerly known as Northwestern thorn scrub forests ,
190-480: The decade 2001-2011 was 21.86%. Sirohi has a sex ratio of 938 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 56.02%. 20.13% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 19.48% and 28.22% of the population respectively. Languages of Sirohi district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 76.47% of the population spoke Marwari , 7.54% Hindi , 7.04% Rajasthani and 6.44% Garasia as their first language. In 2006
209-502: The district. Sirohi is also famous for manufacturing of double edged swords, from the time of the Chauhan Deora rulers (15th century AD) until 1947. The district has an area of 5136 km . It is bordered on the west by Jalor District , on the north by Pali District , on the east by Udaipur District , and on the south by Banas Kantha District of Gujarat . It has an area of 5139 km (2009 sq. miles). Sirohi district
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#1732772528970228-564: The fewest villages in Rajasthan. The portion of the district west and north of Mount Abu is drier, lying in the rain shadow of the mountain, which blocks the southwest monsoon . The southwest corner of the district is drained by the Sukri river, an intermittent stream that drains the western slope of Mount Abu. The northwestern portion of the district is drained by tributaries of the Luni River . The Northwestern thorn scrub forests cover
247-466: The former state was partitioned with Abu Road tehsil and part of Delwara tehsil being joined to Bombay and the remaining portion merging with Rajasthan. At that time an area of 787 km consisting of Abu Road tehsil and a part of Delwara tehsil was merged with then Bombay state, but it was returned to Sirohi district of Rajasthan State on 1 November 1956. Sirohi is also called as "Dev Nagari" since ancient times because of many temples and shrines in
266-629: The possibility of cloudbursts and flash floods in the monsoon season, late July–August. This being said, it only receives enough rainfall to support scrub. It does not receive enough rainfall to feature in the humid subtropical climate . The thorn scrub forests are thought to be tropical dry forests that have been degraded through intensive agriculture and grazing into stunted and open thorn scrub, dominated by trees such as Acacia senegal and Acacia leucophloea , as well as Prosopis cineraria , Capparis zeylanica , and species of Salvadora , Gymnosporia , Grewia , and Gardenia . However
285-412: The region also contains patches of semi-desert where the soil is particularly saline. Despite the large scale forest clearance large mammals still remain in the ecoregion including leopard and their prey such as chinkara ( Gazella bennettii ) and the threatened species chousingha ( Tetracerus quadricornis ), and blackbuck ( Antilope cervicapra ). The scrubland is also home to another large cat,
304-491: The same hill, which became his capital and grew into the present-day town of Sirohi. Sirohi district Sirohi District is a district of Rajasthan state in western India . The city of Sirohi is the district headquarters. As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Rajasthan (out of 33 ), after Jaisalmer and Pratapgarh . In 1948, Sirohi was taken over by Bombay State from 15 January 1949 to 25 January 1950. Shortly thereafter, on 25 January 1950,
323-527: The soils are particularly saline, there are patches of semi-desert. A number of mammals are found in this habitat, including about four hundred species of bird. Some small areas are protected but the collection of firewood and the conversion of the land to subsistence farming continues. The ecoregion encircles the Thar Desert and Indus Valley Desert ecoregions. It stretches along the border lowlands and hills between India and Pakistan and includes:
342-585: The western and northern portion of the district. Warada is the last village of Sirohi located on Sirohi – Siyana Road. According to the 2011 census Sirohi district has a population of 1,036,346, roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus or the US state of Rhode Island . This gives it a ranking of 437rd in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 202 inhabitants per square kilometre (520/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over
361-704: The western half of Gujarat (excluding the mountain of Girnar ), and extending through Rajasthan, where it is bounded on the southeast by the Aravalli Range ; most of Haryana and Punjab states of India as well as the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir , extending to the foothills of the Himalayas; in Pakistan, most of Punjab province , extending into easternmost Northwest Frontier and Baluchistan provinces and western Sindh . This ecoregion, together with
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