Bari Sadri is a town and a

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Chittaurgarh district Chittorgarh district is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Chittaurgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was established on 1 August 1948 by integrating portions of ...

in the state of

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Geography

Bari Sadri is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

As of the 2011 India

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, Bari Sadri had a population of 15,713. Males constitute 51% of the population. Bari Sadri has an average literacy rate of 71% with 79% of males and 62% of females are literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Bari Sadri has industrial areas, where there are many small farms or other agriculture centers. There is also a government hospital and many private hospitals. Bari Sadri has one ICICI and SBI banks branches for local business transactions. It has a very old post office which also working as delivery support for Amazon and other online businesses.

History

Bari sadri was the Seniormost Thikana of Mewar. It comprised 101 villages and had a population, in 1931, of 18,503 and revenue of Rs.1,04,000/- The Estate of Bari sadri was granted to Rajrana Ajay singh ji (Ajja ji) who came to Mewar with his brother Sajjan Singh ji (Sajja ji) from

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in present day Gujarat. Ajja ji, with his younger brother Sajja ji, were dispossessed in an intrigue by their uncle and their younger brother Ranoji was annointed as the Maharaja of

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. .They then left for employment with the then Maharana of Mewar Rana Raimal, the father of Rana Sanga. Rajrana Ajja ji fought in the

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with Rana Sanga against Babur . His grandson Rajrana Jhala Man Singh ji, who famously wore the Armours of

Maharana Pratap Singh Pratap Singh I, popularly known as Maharana Pratap (c. 9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), was a king of Mewar from the Sisodia dynasty. Pratap became a folk hero for his military resistance against the expansionism of the Mughal Empire under A ...

, during the Battle of Haldighati. the Rajrana of Bari sadri at the

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of Mewar took the highest seat of prominence right next of the Maharana himself. Even above that of the Yuvraj of Mewar. Bari sadri holds the 1st place among the 16 Umrao of Mewar and the 1st place in the

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Darbar hall.

Climate

The climate of Bari Sadri is generally warm and temperate. It is classified as Cwa (

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-influenced humid subtropical climate) by the Köppen-Geiger system. In Bari Sadri, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C. The rainfall in Bari Sadri averages 817 mm annually.

References

Cities and towns in Chittorgarh district {{Rajasthan-geo-stub