Badgaon is a village in Raniwara tehsil, in the Jalore district of Rajasthan. It is 10 km from Raniwara in the northwest and 17 km from Mandar in the southeast. There is a gram panchayat headquarters within it. Badgaon has a dominant
Jain
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...
community and a Jain temple as well as many people of the Dawoodi Bohra community.
Although the old area of the village around the well is quite abandoned, the area near bus stand is fast developing.
Badgaon was called "Jalore ka Kashmir" before. Nearby Badgaon are many villages, including Rupawati Kalan, Rupawati khurd, Dhamseen, Vagtapura, Jetpura, and Rampura.
There are many schools, including Govt. Senior Secondary School, Shatabdi Children Senior School Badgaon, Shatabdi Children Senior Secondary School,
Vidhya Bharti School, Gurukul, Happy Home, and Tagore Public.
Badgaon is on the border of
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.
History
In 1948 ...
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References
Villages in Jalore district
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