Bantkhani is a village in

Behror Behror () is a city in the Kotpulti-Behror district of Rajasthan of the Jaipur division. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ''Behror'' Tehsil and shares headquarters for Kotputli-Behror district with Kotputli. It ...

Alwar district Alwar is a district in the States and territories of India, state of Rajasthan in northern India, whose district headquarters is Alwar, Alwar city. The district covers 8,337 km2. It is bound on the north by Rewari district of Haryana, on t ...

, Rajasthan state of

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. Bantkhani is 12 km south from National Highway No 48 (

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) from

. It is connected with all major metro cities of India like New Delhi 115 km,

Gurgaon Gurgaon (), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest ...

84 km,

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132 km by National Highways of India.

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is 110 km from this village and nearest railway station Bawal has a distance of only 24 km.

Education

In this village there is no school right now so village students has to go nearby village government school or private school in area . After completing secondary education most students go to

Alwar Alwar ( Rajasthani Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (NCR) and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km ...

and

for further higher education.

Culture

Culture of this area has a vast influence of Haryana. Main speaking language is Rath, as of most of the Rath area. It seems very much closer to Haryanvi. Bantkhani is a village of entirely Hindu population, hence the culture involves all Hindu festivals and rituals.

Economy

Earlier, economy of Bantkhani was based mainly on agriculture but in current years people are becoming less interested into it. Main reasons of that are decreasing land size and ground water table, increasing population, less income levels etc. Nowadays major contributing factors of economy of this village are government and industrial jobs, businesses, agriculture etc. Vicinity of various industrial hubs like

, Shahajahanpur,

Neemrana Neemrana (/ niːmərɑːɳɑː / ) is an ancient historical town in Kotputli-Behror district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 16 km from Behror city, the district headquarters, from Alwar city, from New Delhi and from Ja ...

Bhiwadi Bhiwadi is a planned city in Khairthal-Tijara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan and a Part of National Capital Region of Delhi. It is located 32 from Khairthal- Tijara city, the district headquarters, 85 km away from the city of ...

is providing jobs to many working hands. This is in turn resulting in a higher family income and living standards. The village have more land as compare to other villages in this area. That is why about half of the population is now engaged in agriculture.

References

{{Alwar district Villages in Alwar district