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Town in Rajasthan, India
Baori Lavera Baori, Bawari, Bavari,
Bavdi, Bawdi, Baonri
town
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Coordinates: 26°37′09″N 73°10′53″E / 26.61917°N 73.18139°E / 26.61917; 73.18139
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictJodhpur
TehsilBawadi
Elevation260 m (850 ft)
Population
 • Total10,212
Languages
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN342037
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ 19

Baori is a panchayat village in the state of Rajasthan, India, Baori is the headquarters town for Bawadi tehsil of Jodhpur District in Rajasthan. Baori is the only village in the gram panchayat.

Etymology

The town is named after the step-well there, known as a bawari or baori.

Geography

Baori is located in the Thar Desert at an elevation of 260 metres (853 ft) above mean sea level. The town lies alongside National Highway 62, and is 40 km by road north of the city of Jodhpur

Demographics

In the 2001 census, the town of Baori had 10,212 inhabitants, with 5,419 males (53.1%) and 4,793 females (46.9%), for a gender ratio of 884 females per thousand males.

Notes

  1. 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Baori = 35800, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bawadi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013.
  2. 2001 Census Village code for Baori = 01947800, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Rajasthan" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 387. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011.
  3. ^ 2011 Census Village code for Baori = 084759, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Baori Gram Panchayat, Bawadi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013.
  4. Jodhpur India, Sheet NG 43-05 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000), Series U-502, United States Army Map Service, November 1959
  5. Listed as "Bawari". "Statewise Length of National Highways in India". Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
  6. "Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Jodhpur: Bhopalgarh: Baori". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

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