Borunda is a town in Bilada tahsil of

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), ...

in Rajasthan. It is famous as the home of the Rupayan Sansthan and its founder

Vijaydan Detha Vijaydan Detha (1 September 1926 – 10 November 2013), also known as Bijji, was a noted Indian writer of Rajasthani literature. He was a recipient of several awards including the Padma Shri and the Sahitya Akademi Award. Detha has more than ...

, well known writer and

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Geography

Borunda is located at .

Demographics

Census 2011:-

History

Various communities lived in Borunda village, including the locally dominant

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

and

Charan Charan (IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Sindhi: چارڻ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste in South Asia natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan prov ...

. In the pre-independence period, the inter-rivalry and

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s between Rajputs and Charans had led to several murders and displacement. Post-independence, the village pulled together under the long time leadership of Chandidan Detha, the long-time

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of Borunda.

Agricultural advances in Borunda

Starting in 1948, an innovating group of farmers centering on the

Detha Detha, or Detho, is a Charan clan (gotra) in Sindh province of Pakistan, and in Indian states of Rajasthan, and Gujarat. Another Muslim Detho clan in Pakistan is sub tribe of Abro tribe. Detho is title given to Jakhro tribe. History Dethas we ...

family begun using a large diesel- operated

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going down 100–150 feet. In Borunda, the first

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was purchased in 1954 and by 1960, the number rose to 17. It was noted that the village progressed in field of agriculture despite no government cooperative inducement being applied till 1970. By 1970, one third of the village was irrigated and reaping the fruits of exploiting the resulting opportunities to grow HYV seeds. The

s of Borunda became well known in the field of agriculture. In 1970s, whereas in other regions 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 ...

, scattered plots were being irrigated through Persian wheels or tanks constructed long ago by local rulers in Raj era, in Borunda the entire village floated on water due to adoption of tubewells. Additionally, Borunda had sweet

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available in

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formation and filled valleys. The extensive use of this ground water changed the landuse pattern of the village, particularly during the

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phase. It also pushed up the economy of the village as a whole. However, by 1980, large tubewells of the 1960s were abandoned and now each of the 100 plus farmers had his own tubewell, but the total amount of irrigated acreage had decreased. Moreover,

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became regular and forced farmers who had run their tubewells for 16–24 hours a day to 8–12 hours a day, thus decreasing productivity.

Rupayan Sansthan

In 1961, the resulting prosperity of Borunda led to the foundation of Rupayan Sansthan by Vijaydan Detha and Komal Kothari. This village-based institution is known for conserving and studying Rajasthani folk culture. The institution supported the publication of folk tales, and a journal.

Notable people

* Chandi Dan Detha *

Komal Kothari Komal Kothari (1929–2004) was an Indian folklorist and ethnomusicologist. Komal Kothari had devoted his life to investigation and documentation of folk traditions of western Rajasthan. Kothari received the honour of Padma Shri and Padma Bhusha ...

References

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