Jhanwar

Jhanwar is a village and a newly made tehsil in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India.This village was settled by Chaudhary Malji Kalirana around 1200 AD.

The Gotra of most of the Jats in this village is Kalirana (Kaliraman/Kalirawana). Jhanwar is also called the city of justice because Kalirana Jats here were famous for justice. Chaudhary Durgaram Kalirana's justice is very famous. There are some houses of Jats like Jakhar, Thori, Mundan etc. in the village. People of Patel community are also in large numbers in the village. There is also a temple of Veer Tejaji in the village. The population of the village is about 10000. [1] Mainly people of all communities live in the village. Jhanwar is 20 km from Jodhpur, 8 km from Boranada Industrial Area. Jhanwar is an agriculture based village. Jhanwar has five revenue villages namely Jhanwar, Nimbali, Dhana Vishnoiya, Delumba, Dand etc. Major communities are as follows: Rajput, Jat, Patel, Brahmin, Soni, Vaishnav, Luhar, Solanki, Rajpurohit, Potter, Darzi, Mochi, Meghwal, Bhil, Harijan, Nath, Baniya etc. People of various castes live in a loving spirit. Out of the total population of the village, the highest population is from Patel community, followed by Meghwal community. There is a higher secondary school in the village. Jhanwar is a gram panchayat which comes under Dhawa Panchayat Samiti. Tehsil headquarters is also in Jhanwar. Sarpanch of Jhanwar Gram Panchayat is Mr. Bhanwarlal ji Patel and Deputy Sarpanch is Mr. Manohar ji Meghwal. Jhanwar is a huge plot of land. According to Census 2011 information the place code or village code of Jhanwar village is 085562. Jhanwar village is located in Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan, India. It is located 33 km from sub-district headquarters Luni (Tehsildar office) and 29 km from district headquarters Jodhpur. As per 2009 data, Jhanwar village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of the village is 2038 hectares. Jhanwar has a total population of 5,648, out of which male population is 2,916 while female population is 2,732. The literacy rate of Jhanwar village is 55.54%, out of which 67.42% males and 42.86% females are literate. There are about 930 houses in Jhanwar village. Pin code of Jhanwar village is 342014.