District Profile

Map of Jhunjhunu District Showing KVK Location

District profile of Jhunjhunu

Jhunjhunu district is irregular hexagonal in shape situated between the 270’38’and 280’31’ N Latitudes and 750’2’ to 760’6’ E Longitudes. It is surrounded buChuru district in the north west side, Hissar and Mahendragarh district of Haryana in the north east, Sikar district in the south and south eastern part.

Administrative Set Up & Demographic Features

Particulars	No.
Panchayat Samities	08
Tehsils	08
Sub Divisions	08
Gram Panchayats	288
Villages	927
Nagar Parishad	01
Nagar Palika	11
Total Population	2137045
Male	1095896
Female	1041149
Rural	1647966
Urban	489079
SC Population	360709
ST Population	41629
Sex Ratio	950
Population Density	361

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

S. No	Agro-climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	Transitional plain of inland drainage zone-II (a)	Jhunjhunu district is situated at latitude 27º 38’ - 28º 31’ longitude 75º 2’ - 76º 6’ and altitude 450 Mts. MSL, in northern east part of Rajasthan . Geographical area – 5, 92,671 ha. Cultivable area 4,96,354 ha. Having low erratic rainfall Moving sand dunes Average rainfall ranges 300-500 mm

Soil type/s

S. No	Soil type	Characteristics	Area in ha
1	Desert soil	Occurs extensively in the central part of the area covering parts of all the blocks except Surajgarh block.These are yellowish brown, sandy to sandy loam, loose, structure less, well drained with high permeability. They are scanty of vegetation due to severe wind erosion and wind velocity high.	266600
2	Sand dunes	Present mostly in northern part of the district covering parts of Alsisar, Buhana, and Chirawa blocks.These are noncalcareous soils, sandy to loamy sand, loose, structureless and well drained.In favourable localities they cultivated.	214900
3	Red desertic soil	Rests in parts of Jhunjhunu and Nawalgarh blocks. These are pale brown to reddish brown colour, structureless, loose and well drained having texture from sandy loam to sandy clay loam. Suitable for agriculture but suffers from adverse climatic conditions.	46800
4	Lithosols and regisols of hills	Found on Delhi hills and hill slopes between Khetri and Gudagaurji and south of Udaipurwati in parts of Khetri and Udaipurwati and Nawalgarh blocks. They are shallow with gravels very near the surface, light textured, fairly drained, reddish brown to grayish brown in colour. Cultivation is restricted because of limited root zone.	32900
5	Older alluvium	Found in southern most parts of the area in parts of Khetri, Udaipurwati and Nawalgarh blocks. They are derived from alluvium and are non-calcareous, semi-consolidated to unconsolidated brown soils, loamy sand to sandy loam in texture. Well drained and occupy gently sloping terrains.	31600

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

S. No	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (MT)	Productivity (Qt. /ha)
1	Wheat	88000	299200	34.00
2	Barley	12100	37510	31.05
3	Chick pea	76983	93750	12.50
4	Mustard	72000	86400	12.00
5	Bajra	180688	162632	9.00
6	Green gram	60646	27290	4.50
7	Cow pea	37135	18983	4.0
8	Cluster bean	47458	34967	8.00