Banswara District has an area of , which is 1.47% of Rajasthan

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Banswara Banswara is a city in the Banswara district in southern Rajasthan, India. The name, Banswara, came from "Bans wala" (bamboo) forests, as Bamboo grew in abundance around this place within the area. Banswara is also known as "City of a Hundred ...

is the district headquarters. It is bounded on the north by

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, on the northeast by Pratapgarh District, on the east and southeast by

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state, on the southwest by

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state, and on the west by

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History

The district is named after the former Princely State of

. There are two traditions regarding the etymology of Banswara. According to one tradition, it is derived from the name of the

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chief Bansia who ruled over this area before defeated by Maharaval Jagmal Singh in 1529 CE. According to the other tradition, the name is derived from the ''Bans Vara'' (the country of bamboos) due to the abundance of bamboos in the dense forests of this region. In November 1913 western Banswara was the site of the Mangarh massacre that ended the Bhil Revolt. A monument has been built there. In November 2022, it was declared a national monument.

Geography

Banswara is part of the Vagad region of southern Rajasthan, which includes Banswara and Dungarpur districts. The region is mainly inhabited by tribals, predominantly Bhils. Banswara and Dungarpur are together called Vagar, and in both the places local language is Vagri. The district lies in the

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basin. The Mahi flows north through the district from its origin in the Vindhya Range of Madhya Pradesh, entering the district from the southeast and flowing north towards the northern end of the district, where it turns southwest to form the boundary between Banswara and Dungarpur districts before entering Gujarat and emptying into the Gulf of Khambat. Banswara District has rich

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and

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. The

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s include mainly

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. The

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includes a large variety of wild animals like leopard, chinkara, etc. Common birds in the region are

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, black drongo, grey shrike, green

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, bulbul,

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etc.

Economy

In 2006, the

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named Banswara one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the twelve districts in Rajasthan currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Divisions

Banswara district is divided into eight sub-divisions, which are further divided into 12 tehsils and 11 development blocks. Banswara sub-division consists Banswara and Abapura; Garhi consists of tehsils Garhi and Arthuna, Ghatol sub-division consists of Ghatol tehsil and Gaonoda and Kushalgarh sub-division consists Kushalgarh and Sajjangarh consists sajjangarh; Bagidora consists of Bagidora and Gangtalai tehsils. Anandpuri subdivision consists of Anandpuri; Chotisarvan consists of Chotisarvan tehsil. The 11 development blocks in the district are: Talwara, Garhi, Ghatol, Arthuna, Banswara, Bagidora, Anandpuri, Chhoti Sarvan, Gangadtalai Kushalgarh and Sajjangarh. The district consists five Vidhan Sabha constituencies, Kushalgarh, Garhi, Ghatol, Banswara and Bagidora. All of them along with three other Vidhan Sabha constituencies from Dungarpur district are part of the lone Lok Sabha constituency of the district, Banswara.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Banswara district has a

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of 1,797,485, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 267th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.58%. Banswara has a

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of 979

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 57.2%. Scheduled Castes and Tribes make up 4.46% and 76.38% of the population respectively.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 census, 91.58% of the population spoke Wagdi, 4.32%

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and 2.21% Bhili as their first language.

Transport

The nearest airport is in Maharana Pratap Airport 160 kilometres away in Udaipur, while the nearest international airport is

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289 km away in Ahmedabad. The closest railway station is Ratlam Junction 80 km away.

Villages

* Naugama *

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Notes

External links

Banswara District website

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