Kuri, Bhopalgarh

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Kuri (India)
Coordinates: 26°39′17″N73°29′45″E / 26.65472°N 73.49583°E / 26.65472; 73.49583 Coordinates: 26°39′17″N73°29′45″E / 26.65472°N 73.49583°E / 26.65472; 73.49583
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Bhopalgarh
Elevation
308 m (1,010 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total3,241
Languages
  Official Marwari
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code RJ-IN
Vehicle registration RJ-19

Kuri is a small village located in the Bhopalgarh tehsil of the Jodhpur District of the State of Rajasthan in western India. [1]

Bhopalgarh tehsil tehsil in Rajasthan, India

Bhopalgarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Bhopalgarh. Bhopalgarh tehsil is an eastern tehsil among the 13 tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur District to the north and east, Pipar city tehsil to the south, Jodhpur tehsil to the southwest, and Bawadi tehsil to the west. Bhopalgarh panchayat samiti has 35 gram panchayats & 116 villages. The mineral and the stone used for Emery Stone are found in Bhopalgarh. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated in the Bhopalgarh Tehsil with Bajra, Moong, Moth, Sesamum (Til), Jowar and Cotton being the most common crops. Bhopalgarh tehsil has a total area of 174623.74 hectares with total cultivable area of 63.92% of total area & 21.27% of total cultivable area as irrigated area as per land use 2011. Jats are the dominant community in bhopalgarh. There number vary close to one lakh in the entire constituency.

Rajasthan State in India

Rajasthan is a state in northern India. The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. Rajasthan is located on the northwestern side of India, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley. Elsewhere it is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest.

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Kuri is a large village in the Bhopalgarh tehsil of the Jodhpur District of the State of Rajasthan, India. It is located 62 km to the east of the Jodhpur District headquarters, 13 km from Bhopalgarh and 277 km from the state capital of Jaipur

Jaipur Metropolis in Rajasthan, India

Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. As of 2011, the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as the Pink City, due to the dominant color scheme of its buildings. It is located 268 km from the national capital New Delhi.

Kuri Pin code is 342606 and postal head office is Pipar Road. [1]

Near Kuri are the cities of Pipar City, Phalodi, Bilara, and Jodhpur.

Phalodi Town in Rajasthan, India

Phalodi is a town and a municipality in Jodhpur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the headquarters for Phalodi tehsil. Phalodi is also called the "salt city" due to the salt industry in Rin. Phalodi is in the buffer zone of Thar Desert and often subject to extreme temperature conditions due to arid climate. It holds the record for the highest verified temperature recorded in India at 51 °C (124 °F) on 19 May 2016.

Bilara city in Rajasthan, India

Bilara is a city and a municipality located in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarters for Bilara tehsil and a market center for the surrounding agricultural area.

Jodhpur City in Rajasthan, India

Jodhpur is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, which is now part of Rajasthan. Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts and temples, set in the stark landscape of the Thar Desert. It is popularly known as Blue city and Sun city among people of Rajasthan and all over India.

Population

According to 2011 census, the Kuri population is

Male Population 1675
Female Population 1566
Total Population 3241

Language

Marwari is the dominant local language and Hindi is used.[ citation needed ]

Marwari is a Rajasthani language spoken in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Marwari is also found in the neighboring state of Gujarat and Haryana, Eastern Pakistan and some migrant communities in himalayan country Nepal. With some 7.9 million or so speakers, it is one of the largest varieties of Rajasthani. Most speakers live in Rajasthan, with a quarter million in Sindh and a tenth that number in Nepal. There are two dozen dialects of Marwari.

Hindi Indo-Aryan language spoken in India

Hindi or Modern Standard Hindi, is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language. In India, the official standardized variety of the language is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and other nearby areas of northern India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with the English language. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Contrary to the popular belief, Hindi is not the national language of India because no language was given such a status in the Indian constitution.

Geography

It is among the larger villages of the area:

Tambariya Kalan (8 km)
Bhundana (9 km)
Malar (9 km)
Kagal (10 km)
Dewatra (11 km)
Sopra (6 km)

Surrounding Kuri is:

West - Mandor tehsil
West - Jodhpur tehsil
South - Bilara tehsil
East - Kharchi (Mar.Jun) tehsil
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Nathji Bhakar
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Nathji Bhakar

Transportation

By Road

State highway 65 from Jodhpur

By Rail

Sathin Road railway station is the very nearby railway station to Kuri. However Mahamandir railway station is major railway station 55 km near to Kuri.

Schools in Kuri

Temples in Kuri

Village is inhabited by mostly Hindus along with a few Islam followers.

There are many temples in the village spread across its length and breadth dedicated to various Gods and Goddesses. But the main temple is dedicated to a great Shiva follower, Shri Sujannathji Maharaj, located in the older heart of village. It has transformed from being just an ordinary main sanctum to full fledged place for public discussions. A lively place, visited by villagers occasionally.

Among other important temples are,

and many small chattris spread around.

Over the hill (Nathji Bhakar) located on the outskirts of the village, on Sopra-Kuri boundary, is a remarkable recently built temple dedicated to 'Gunjiya Mata' along with the cave where Shri sujannathji use to meditate.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Village Panchayat Names of BHOPALGARH, JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN". panchayatdirectory.gov.in. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.