INTRODUCTION

Beawar was founded by Colonel Charles George Dixon (1795-1857) in 1836.

Beawar is a flourishing urban Centre situated in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan,
India. Located approximately 184 km from the Pink city of Jaipur (capital city and
most prominent metropolis of Rajasthan) .

Two major NH 8 (Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Beawar- Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Baroda

SuratMumbai) from Beawar and NH 14 (Beawar-Sirohi-Abu Road- Palsana (up to
Gujarat border) and two States Highway (SH) 39 and 59 and main district road
number - 57 and 84 pass through it

Beawar was once the economic capital of Merwara state of Rajputana. Lying amidst
the Aravali range of mountains, Beawar is a thriving business hub, particularly for
wool mandi and cotton mills and is the official address for a lot of cotton presses in
the region.

Today, Beawar is the home of a lot of small and medium scale industries and
transformed into a principal trading centre for various arts and crafts developed in
the region. Beawar has a got a remarkable credit to its name that the Right to
Information movement in India was first started in this city (April 1996), which
ultimately changed the public accountability conception in the country.
 REGIONAL HISTORY

a) Beawar was formerly the second largest wool export center of the country. It
was famous for its wool market and cotton mills and at one time, it was
called the Manchester of India.

b) Today Beawar is the center of small and medium scale industries. To the
south are Sendra, Bar, Nimaj, Raipur, Jhootha and Jaitaran.

c) The area around Beawar is quite beautiful, which is surrounded by the

Aravalli, one of the oldest hill ranges of Poonia.

d) There are tilpatti, goldsmiths and Bidi industries in small-scale industries and
there are wool markets, cotton mills, cement factories etc. in big industries.
 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Situated at an important site in Rajasthan, the city was established as a cantonment
in 1838 by Colonel L. Fred Dixon.

He himself lived in the Bansi Bhawan situated inside Ajmeri Gate.

7 Four gates have been built on the walls of the city, Ajmeri Gate, Surajpol, Mewari
Gate and Chang Gate.

The streets and roads inside the city are parallel, which make four-par with each
other.

In the year 1838, a park was built around the city, whose length was about 10600
feet.

The four doors on this wall were also built at the same time.

Till the year 1850, the development of the city was confined to the park. After the
year 1850, the development of the city started outside the park, first a primary
school was built, which was upgraded to a high school in the year 1891.
 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
Beawar is located at 26.1° N 74.32° E. The city has a mean elevation of 1440
feet. The city is fortunate to have situated in a mineral rich region as Beawar
has reserves of granite, magnesite, quartz, wollastonite, masonry stone,
and limestone and so on. The urban centre of Beawar has two significant
divisions and they are Inner City and Outer City.

Climatic Conditions (annual data): Avg. high: 33.8°C; Avg. low: 19.9°C
Precipitation (annual data): 24.48 cm
Surrounding Municipalities to Beawar: Jodhpur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Masuda, N
Kota, Udaipur, Todgarh, Pali, Merta, Nagaur
 POPULATION GROWTH OF
BEAWAR TOWN

Beawar city is governed by Municipal Council (MCl). As per provisional reports of

Census India, population of Beawar in 2011 is 145,504; of which male and female
are 74,698 and 70,806 respectively.

Although Beawar city has population of 145,504; its urban / metropolitan

population is 151,152 of which 77,616 are males and 73,536 are females.

Urban population is gradually increasing in Beawar town since 1991 to 2011 and
improvement is seen in female population in urban areas.

Beawar town has evolved from a population 21,928 in 1901, and became
151,152 in 2011, which shows a continuous growth but very slower pace of
population increment.
 AVERAGE RAINFALL OVER THE YEAR

The Battle of Shyamgarh was fought between the British and Kathats tribes.

The British people established a living quarters with fortified walls for security
reasons and for future plans.

Furthermore, they set up a cautionary signboard with the words 'Be Aware' as a
word of advice to the officers traveling by or getting out of the quarters. As time
passed by, people started using the very words put up on the sign board 'Be
Aware' as Beawar!
• Ward 8,15 and ward 17 are the only wards that have achieved the ratio
of more than 1000 females per 1000 males in 2011.

• The sex ratio of Beawar town is 948 per 1000 males.

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 ROAD AND RAILWAY LINKS
In the year 1879,
industrial development
started taking place
around the railway
station after the railway
line had direct
connectivity to Delhi and
Ahmedabad.
When the railway line
from Delhi to
Ahmedabad was being
laid, the railway station
was named Beawar due
to the nearest village
being Beawar Khas.
Even today the town is
known as "Nuva Ser"
(New City) in the
surrounding villages.
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 Physical Infrastructure
Water Supply
a) Water supply in Beawar is done from Bisalpur dam and tube well.

b) A total 16 MLD of water is supplied from Bisalpur.

c) Apart from these, there are open wells located at Jaliya Tank, Makreda Tank
and Sandada Beli.

Sanitation and Sewerage

a) There is no sewer line in Beawar.
b) b) Most of the toilets in the city are open.
c) c) Septic tanks, soak pits are constructed in new residential colonies.
Drains are open here and there is no proper facility available to drain off for
the rain water.
Housing and
Informal Sectors
a) There are total 41,238
census houses in which
36,922 are occupied
and 4,346 are vacant
houses as per census
2011 data.
b) There are six (6) kutcha
settlements in Beawar.
About 3000 people live
in them.
c) These six slums are
known as Kajnar Basti,
Sanjay Nagar, Sansi
Basti, Daulatgarh Singa,
Fatehpuria Doyam and
Gadaria Luhar.
 Commercial Markets
a) In the commercial occupying 90 hectare, the grain market (Anaj Mandi) is
located in about 33.88 hectares and storage and warehousing is located in 3.82
hectares.

b) Here is the main eight (8) market. Pali Bazar is from Chang Gate to Surajpol
Gate. It has about 400 shops. It is the main market and caters to almost all the
needs of the city.

c) Mahavir Bazar, Agrasen Bazar are within the park from Ajmeri Gate to Mewari
Gate. There are about 200-250 shops in these. Chang Gate Market is located
outside Chang Gate, it also has all types of shops which are around 75-100.

d) The Sendra Bazar is up to Govindpura village on NH-14, it also has 100-150

shops
 LANDMARKS

RANI BAGH
RESORT
DADI DHAM

CHANG
GATE

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AJMERI GATE
 NODES
AJMERI
GATE

SURAJPOL
GATE

MEWARI
GATE

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NEHRU
GATE
 URBAN DESIGN AND CITY PLANNING FOOT PRINTS
The streets inside the city are on a parallel grid iron pattern which reflects its
historical glory.

The major localities inside the city are Gopal Ji Ka Mohalla, Diggi Mohalla,
Shahpura Mohalla and the major markets are Pali Bazar, "Teja Chowk", Mewari
Bazar, Loharo ki Chaupar.

Other attractions are Panch Batti and Subhash Udyan (garden). The place of
worship is the umbrella of Mahadev Ji.

After the independence of the country, due to the arrival of displaced people, the
development of this city was rapid, residential colonies started being built in the
south of the four walls of the city.

Development also started outside Mewari Darwaza, Chang Gate and Ajmeri
Darwaza. But commercial activities continued to operate within the city itself.
Educational and public and semi-public buildings began to be built outside the city
 STREET STYLE

The streets and roads inside the city are parallel, which make four-
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par with each other.
 THANK YOU

PRESENTED BY -
AR. LOKESH KUMAR GARG