Kherli is a city and a

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in Alwar district in the

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.Kherli mandi(Grain Market) is the second largest mandi in Rajasthan. Once upon a time it was so much famous that till now old jaipur people knows this as ganj kherli i.e. kherli mandi. Kherli is between the golden triangle where it is nearest to

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(125 km)

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(150 km) and

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(175 km).This area also comes under NCR but still they are not getting benefit of close proximity to these 3 big cities.

History

Kherli is located at 27.2065° N, 77.0338° E. Topography is mainly plains, except some low hills found in western part from this region but those hills are not so big and mainly this area is plain. Elevation of kherli is 210m above sea level.

Demographics

census of India, Kherli has a population of 15,506. Males constitute 53.1% (8,311/15,506) of the population and females 46.4% (7,195/15,506). Kherli has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 62%: Male literacy is 81%, and Female literacy is 65%. In Kherli, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Main castes of kherli is

Bania (caste) Bania (also spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania, and Vanya) is a mercantile caste primarily from the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, with significant diasporic communities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, M ...

Meena Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...

, Gurjar, Jatav, Brahmin, Jat people, Rajput or Thakur. No caste shows here clear majority but all are in somewhere equal numbers. Culture and Language of this area shows wide diversity but the local language is somewhat mix of Mewati language and

Braj Bhasha Braj is a language within the Indo-Aryan language family spoken in the Braj region in Western Uttar Pradesh centered on Mathura. Along with Awadhi, it was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before gradually ...

. We can see some mix of language and culture of

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and Western Uttar Pradesh here because of its location. Local music and film industry is Haryanvi here. And the local music of this region Rasiya is also popular besides haryanvi music and films. Kherli represents a conglomerate of more than 20 villages surrounding it, and these villages are integrated by the economy of Kherli town. The farm produce is brought to the grain mandi of Kherli which is a well-known grain mandi (Anaj mandi) of eastern Rajasthan. There are multiple spiritual places near Kherli, Such as Dholagarh Mata Mandir, DANTWAD is famous for dantwad's temples & parikrima and GHATA-BHABAR is also famous for Hanuman temple. Transport Railway Kherli is well connected by Indian Railway. It is located between Jaipur-Bandikui-Agra railway line. Road Kherli has a good road connectivity with the nearby cities and is about 12 km from the NH-11. Market Town's main market is stretched from Bajaja bajaar, Jawahar Chowk to the Railway Station.

Occupation

Main occupation of people is agriculture here. People are majorly dependent on agriculture, economy of kherli is based on agriculture from surrounding villages. Agriculture in this area is not dependent on rain because rain is very less in this region which is near 60 cm annual. During kharif season mainly bajra is grown. Tube Well is the main source of irrigation here which constitutes about 95% of total irrigated area. This is the reason why ground water level is gone very deep because of tubewells. Demand of canal extension of Agra Canal and Gurgaon canal to this area from Bharatpur district is very crucial for this area. Main crops grown in this area are

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, Mustard, Bajra,

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. And many fruits and vegetables are grown in this area. Because of medium yield the people are somewhat economically backward because they mostly depend on agriculture but they are not so much backward. That's why they don't mind so much because they earns enough to live happy. Besides agriculture, a significant number of people serve in Government as well as private jobs from this area and a majority of them serve in defence services.

References

External links

Website about Kherli
{{Alwar district Cities and towns in Alwar district