Saloli, Rajasthan

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Saloli
Village
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Saloli
Location in Rajasthan, India
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Saloli
Saloli (India)
Coordinates: 27°11′09″N76°38′42″E / 27.1857406°N 76.6450104°E / 27.1857406; 76.6450104
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Government
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation
254 m (833 ft)
Languages
  OfficialRajasthani
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
301409
Telephone code 01420
ISO 3166 code RJ-IN
Vehicle registration PB 37
Post OfficeReni

Saloli is a large village located in Reni tehsil of Alwar district, Rajasthan with a total of 550 families residing. Saloli village has a population of 2807 of which 1488 are males while 1319 are females as per Population Census 2011.

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In Saloli village, the population of children ages 0-6 is 437 which make up 15.57% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saloli village is 886 which are lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Saloli as per census is 1005, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Saloli village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, the literacy rate of Saloli village was 64.51% compared to 66.11% of Rajasthan. In Saloli, male literacy stands at 79.06% while the female literacy rate was 47.73%.

It is situated 15 km away from sub-district headquarter Rajgarh and 48 km away from district headquarter Alwar. As per 2009 stats, Saloli village is also a gram panchayat.

Transportation

The nearest Railway Station is Rajgarh (15 km from Saloli), apart from it Bandikui Railway Station is also a nearby railway station to Saloli.

History

Saloli was a Jagir of Kalyanot/Kalyanwat Rajputs [1] (One of the 12 Royal Kacchawaha Chambers known as "barah kothri" of House of Amber) in the erstwhile Alwar State. Kalyanot is a sub clan of Rajawat clan of Kachawaha Suryavanshi lineage. The Jagir was granted to Thakur Saal Singh Kalyanot , one of the descendants of King Prithviraj of Amber. The name Saloli is derived form the name of its founder Thakur Saal Singh. Other brothers of Thakur Saal Singh were Thakur Baal Singh , who founded Babeli in erstwhile Alwar State and Thakur Bhaav Singh , who founded Bhaogarh near Sikrai (Dausa). Saloli , Babeli and Bhaogarh shares the same familial lineage.


References

  1. "History of Kachwahas". Rajput Provinces of India. Retrieved 7 July 2016.