Birami is a
panchayat village in
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
, India, on the right (north) bank of the Luni River.
Administratively, it is under
Luni Taluka,
Jodhpur district
Jodhpur district () is a district in the State of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Jodhpur is the administrative headquarters of the district.
As of the 2011 census, it is the second highest populated district of Rajasthan (out of 33), ...
, Rajasthan.
[2011 Census Village code for Birami = 085008, ]
There are four villages in the Birami
gram Panchayat: Birami, Birdawas, Miyasani, and Peethasani.
Indian cricketer
Ravi Bishnoi also belong to this village.
Geography
The village of Birami is 32 km by road southeast of the city of
Jodhpur
Jodhpur () is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2023, the city has a population of 1.83 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and ...
, located between the Mitri River to the north, and the
Luni River
The Luni is the largest river in the Thar Desert in Northwest India. It originates in Naga hills of the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer, passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of ...
to the south, just 4 km upstream (east) of the confluence of the two rivers.
As the village is at the eastern edge of the
Thar Desert
The Thar Desert (), also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of in India and Pakistan. It is the world's 18th-largest desert, and the world's 9th-large ...
, the rivers only run in monsoon season. The nearest railway station is at
Tanawara, 30 km by road to the west.
Demographics
In the 2001 census, the village of Birami had 1,790 inhabitants, with 944 males (52.7%) and 846 females (47.3%), for a gender ratio of 896 females per thousand males.
Points of interest
The temple of
Bhuwal mata is located in Birami village.
Notes
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Villages in Jodhpur district
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