Barmer district

Barmer district

Barmer (बाडमेर) is a district of Rajasthan state, India. Barmer is the district headquarters.Balotra, Guda Malani, Baytu, Siwana , Jasol and Chohatan are other major towns.

Barmer district is part of the Great Indian Desert or Thar Desert. Like all other districts in the desert region, Barmer is known for its folk music and dance. The Bhopas (priest singers) are found in Barmer, who compose music in honour of the deities of the region and its war heroes. The other folk musicians come from a community called the Muslim Dholis (drummers) for most of whom this is the only means of livelihood.

Geography

The total area of the district is 28387 km².

*Divisions
** Blocks: 4
** Tehsils: 8
** Villages: 1999

* Population
**Total: 1963758
**Rural: 1818517
**City: 145241
* Sex Ratio: 896 females per 1000 males
* Density of population 69 persons per km².
* Total Life stock (includes cows, buffaloes, bulls, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, dogs, donkeys & hens) 4176661

* Agriculture
**Total Land: 2817332
**Forest Area: 30726
**Total area used for agriculture: 1755113

* Fresh water distribution has reached 1599 villages

2006 floods

In August 2006, the usually drought prone Barmer district was hit by flash floods. As of August 27, 2006, 103 deaths had been reported in Rajasthan due to floods. Many people (about 1200) died in this flood. The village of Kawas is still under the effect of flood. The water level as on 06th-March-2007 is about 3 feet to 10 feet in Kawas. People are living in Camps. The loss included the death of 75,194 cattle and damage to Kharif crop worth Rs. 1,300 crores. [cite web
url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/floodhit-barmer-desperate-for-help/19748-3.html
title=Rain wrecks Rajasthan desert town
date=2006-08-26
accessdate=2006-08-26
publisher=ibnlive
] . Many villages in the district remained submerged under water for few days.

References

External links

* [http://www.everywheremag.com/places/4902/ Everywhere magazine article about barmer ]


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