Sanchore is a City in

Jalore district Jalore District is a district of Rajasthan state in western India. The city of Jalore is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has an area of (3.11 percent of Rajasthan's area), and a population of 1,828,730 (2011 census) ...

in the Indian state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. It is the headquarters of the Sanchore

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

located on National Highway 68. The town is situated from the city of

Jalore Jalore () (ISO 15919 : ''Jālora'' ), also known as ''Granite City'', is a city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Jalore District. It has a river known as Jawai Nadi. Jalore lies to south of Su ...

and was once known as Satyapur. Nearby villages include Amli ( away), Chitalvana ( away) and Dabhal ( away).

Economy

many

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projects were in progress in Sanchor. Oil exploration company Cairn Energy, discovered of

crude oil Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude ...

in the Barmer-Sanchore basin in 2010. The

Narmada Canal The Narmada Canal is a contour canal in Western India that brings water from the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the state of Gujarat and then into Rajasthan state. The main canal has a length of ( in Gujarat and then in Rajasthan). It is the second long ...

, which begins in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, enters

state near the village Silu in Sachore ''tehsil'', after passing through in

. Pathmeda village near Sanchore has Gopal Govardhan Gaushala, the largest Gaushala in India. Spread over , the gaushala takes care of more than 18,000 cattle.

Demographics

, Sanchore had a population of 264653 (135761 Males constitute of the population and females 128892. Males constituted 53% of the population. Sanchore has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 62% and female literacy is 32%. Twenty percent of Sanchore's population is under six years of age.

Transport

Narmada Canal

The

in Rajasthan is long and has nine major distributaries. The main canal, major and secondary distributaries supply an area of serving 124 villages in the Jalore and Barmer districts.

Railways

The stations nearest to Sanchore are Raniwara, on State Highway 11; Dhanera, on MRD No 108; Bhinmal, on State Highway No 11.

References

{{Jalore district Cities and towns in Jalore district