Zawar is a settlement located in

Udaipur district Udaipur district is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Udaipur is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is part of the Mewar region of Rajasthan. History Before Udaipur d ...

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 ...

, India, approximately 40 km from the lake city

Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

. It stretches some 10 kilometers along the banks of the

Gomati River Gomati, which means, among other things, "full of water", may refer to: Geography * Gomati district, a district of Tripura state, India * Gomati monastery, a monastery in Khotan, Turkistan, see Buddhism in Khotan * Gomati Lake, a lake in Vadtal, du ...

. It is close to

Dhebar Lake Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India's first and world's oldest historical and second largest artificial fresh water lake in India. It is located in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan State in western India. It has an area of wh ...

, India's second largest artificial lake , after Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar dam). it is one of the oldest zinc mines of the world. It is declared as the

National Geological Monument National Geological Monuments are geographical areas of national importance and Geoheritage, heritage, as notified by the Government of India's Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their maintenance, protection, promotion and enhancement of geo ...

. Zawar is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

created by mining company

Hindustan Zinc Limited Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is an Indian integrated mining and resources producer of zinc, lead, silver and cadmium. It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited. Earlier it was a Central Public Sector Undertaking, sold by Government of India to Ved ...

, for extraction of zinc and lead. An 80 MW power plant provides electricity for mining zinc and lead from three major mines. There is also a large football stadium which annually hosts a national soccer tournament in January. The tournament is named after the late Mr. Mohan Kumar Manglam. A five-day Mela, which starts four days before Dashehra, is organised here. Dashehra is celebrated by burning a big 'Ravan's dummy', which entertains a crowd of thousands from nearby towns. Zawar is in a mountainous region. It features a rock garden, and five centrally-located temples. Zawar is systematically divided into colonies and Hindustan Zinc Ltd has provided a guest house, a community centre and a club.

List of lakes in India

List of lakes in India This is a list of notable lakes in India. Andhra Pradesh * Kolleru Lake * Kondakarla Ava * Kaniairi Lake * Cumbum * Pulicat Lake Assam * Dora Beel * Urpad Beel *Samaguri Beel * Morikalang Beel * Haflong La ...

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Udaipur district Zinc mines in India Mining in Rajasthan National Geological Monuments in India Lead mines