Khandar
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Khandar is a tehsil of district Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur is a city and a municipality in Sawai Madhopur District in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District....

, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

. The river Banas flows through Khandar.

Demography

More than 70% of the population is literate. Languages spoken are Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, Harauti and Pashto.

Economy

The main livelihood is agriculture. The sources of water are open wells and tube wells.
But in nowadays MATHUR VAISH are in majority.Mathur vaish(BANIYA) are going to be sound in financial context.

Places of interest

The Rameshwaram Temple is 20 km from Khandar on the confluence of the Banas and Chambal
Chambal River
The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India, and forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning...

 rivers. There is a beautiful temple of lord Chaturbhuj nathji as well as a Shiva temple on the ghat of chambal river. Which is very old monument but due to lack of care, it is collapsing. A famous yearly mela (fair) is organized a fortnight after deepawli on next poornima.
Thousands and thousands people gather here in this fair from sawaimadhopur,kota,baaran districts of Rajsthan and from Sheopur dist. of M.P.
As there is vast and plenty religious activities in khandar pargana (local terretory) like GEETABHAWAN SATSANGMANDALS, Akhand keertan and ramayan paath is continuously in movement since somany years. People got inspiration for these activities from famous divine brahmeen mahatma Shri KRISHNANANDJI.

See also

  • Khandar Fort
    Khandar Fort
    Khandar Fort is very ancient fort located in Khandar Tehsil, Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan, India. This fort is on the boundary of Ranthambore National Park...

  • Ranthambore National Park
    Ranthambore National Park
    Ranthambore National Park or Ranthambhore National Park or simply Ranthambhore is one of the largest national parks in northern India. It is situated in Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan, about 180 km south east of Jaipur, which is also the nearest airport...


There also is a fort here named 'Taragrah'.A famous temple "SHRI JI MANDIR" is situated at the heart of Khandar.
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