Borunda is a town in Bilada tahsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan. It is famous as the home of the Rupayan Sansthan and its founder Vijaydan Detha, well known writer and

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

Geography

Borunda is located at .

Demographics

Census 2011:-

History

Various communities lived in Borunda village, including the locally dominant Rajput and

Charan Charan ( IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Urdu: ارڈ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste in South Asia natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan provinces ...

. In the pre-independence period, the inter-rivalry and feuds between Rajputs and Charans had led to several murders and displacement. Post-independence, the village pulled together under the long time leadership of Chandidan Detha, the long-time Sarpanch of Borunda.

Agricultural advances in Borunda

Starting in 1948, an innovating group of

farmers A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...

centering on the

Detha Detha, or Detho, is a Charan clan (gotra) in Sindh (Pakistan), Rajasthan, and Gujarat. History Dethas were mainly centred in Sindh (Pakistan) in the areas of Tharparkar and Umerkot where Dethas were closely associated with the Sodha Rajputs. T ...

family begun using a large diesel- operated tubewell going down 100-150 feet. In Borunda, the first tractor was purchased in 1954 and by 1960, the number rose to 17. It was noted that the village progressed in field of agriculture despite no government cooperative inducement being applied till 1970. By 1970, one third of the village was irrigated and reaping the fruits of exploiting the resulting opportunities to grow HYV seeds. The

Charans Charan (IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Urdu: ارڈ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste in South Asia natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan provinces of ...

of Borunda became well known in the filed of agriculture. In 1970s, whereas in other regions of Jodhpur, scattered plots were being irrigated through persian wheels or tanks constructed long ago by local rulers in Raj era, in Borunda the entire village floated on water due to adoption of tubewells. Additionally, Borunda had sweet ground water available in lime stone formation and filled valleys. The extensive use of this ground water changed the landuse pattern of the village, particularly during the green revolution phase. It also pushed up the economy of the village as a whole. However, by 1980, large tubewells of the 1960s were abandoned and now each of the 100 plus farmers had his own tubewell, but the total amount of irrigated acreage had decreased. Morever, power cuts became regular and forced

who had run their tubewells for 16-24 hours a day to 8-12 hours a day, thus decreasing productivity.

Rupayan Sansthan

In 1961, the resulting prosperity of Borunda led to the foundation of Rupayan Sansthan by Vijaydan Detha and Komal Kothari. This village-based institution is known for conserving and studying Rajasthani folk culture. The institution supported the publication of folk tales, and a journal.

Notable people

Chandi Dan Detha Chandi Dan Detha is an Indian Agriculturist, agriculturalist and Padma Shri recipient who is known for pioneering work in the field of agriculture and transforming the desert village of Borunda. Chandi Dan was elected the first Sarpanch of the v ...

* Komal Kothari * Vijaydan Detha

References

{{Jodhpur district Cities and towns in Jodhpur district Charan