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Malar, Rajasthan

Coordinates: 27°12′11″N 72°22′58″E / 27.20306°N 72.38278°E / 27.20306; 72.38278
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Malar
Malhar[1]
village
Malar is located in Rajasthan
Malar
Malar
Location in Rajasthan, India
Malar is located in India
Malar
Malar
Malar (India)
Coordinates: 27°12′11″N 72°22′58″E / 27.20306°N 72.38278°E / 27.20306; 72.38278
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictJodhpur
TehsilBap
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-
ClimateDry[broken anchor] (Köppen: BSh)
TemperatureSummer: 45°C (122°F)
Winter: -3°C (27°F)
Lok Sabha constituencyJodhpur

Malar is a panchayat village[2] in the state of Rajasthan, India.[3] Administratively, it is under Bap tehsil of Jodhpur District of Rajasthan.[4]

There are three villages in the Malar gram panchayat: Malar, Godarli, and Reen.[4]

Geography

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Malar is in the Thar Desert[1] and suffers extreme heat in the summers. It is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the town of Phalodi.[5]

Godarli is located just 2 km by dirt road to the southeast. Reen is located about 9 km by road north of Malar almost to the Agar Ka Rin (dry lake).

History

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Malar sits at the center of the area formerly covered by the princely states of Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur.[5] Until 2009, Malar was part of Phalodi tehsil, at that point Bap Taluka was created out of northern Phalodi tehsil.

Demographics

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In the India census of 2001, the village of Malar had a population of 943. Males constituted 501 (53.1%) of the population and females 442 (46.9%), for a gender ratio of 882 females per thousand males.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Phalodi India, Sheet NG 43-01 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000), Series U-502, United States Army Map Service, November 1959
  2. ^ 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Malar = 35636, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bap, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ 2001 Census Village code for Malar = 01915500, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Rajasthan" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 381. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b 2011 Census Village code for Malar = 084107, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Malar Gram Panchayat, Bap, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b Census of India, 1961. Vol. 14. 1961. p. xv.
  6. ^ "Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Jodhpur: Phalodi: Malar". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013.