Chhabra is a city and a

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Baran district Baran district is a district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The headquarters of the district are located at the city of Baran. History Before Indian independence in 1947, most of present-day Baran district was part of the princely stat ...

in the state of

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, near to the border with Madhya Pradesh. Chhabra is a historic walled city with a fort. Its name comes from the six gates in the walls.

Geography

Chhabra is located at . It has an average elevation of 321 metres (1053 feet). Chhabra is connected with

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line and is well connected to

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, Kota,

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etc. by Express and Passenger trains.

Demographics

India

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, Chhabra had a population of 32,285. Males constitute 52.172% of the population and females 47.827%. Literacy rate of Chhabra city is 72.84% higher than state average of 66.11%. In Chhabra. Male literacy is around 82.09% while female literacy rate is 62.87%. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 4649 which is 14.40% of total population of Chhabra (M). In Chhabra Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 917 against state average of 928. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Chhabra is around 857 compared to Rajasthan state average of 888.

Culture

Hadoti Hadoti is a region of Rajasthan state in western India, which was once called the Bundi Kingdom. The biggest cities are Jhalawar and Kota. It includes the districts of Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar and Kota and is bounded on the west by the Me ...

is the most spoken language of the city followed by

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Thermal power plant

Chhabra has a thermal power plant which is operational. The second phase (4 X 250 MW) and (2 X 660 ) of the Thermal Power Plant is in running condition. This plant is owned by RRVUNL and as per information available on the web site of RRVUNL the second phase is likely to become operational in December 2011. The proposed capacity of thermal power plant is 2,320 MW now.

References

Cities and towns in Baran district {{Kotadivision-geo-stub

Geography

Demographics

Culture

Thermal power plant

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References