Mandela is a village in 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...

, India. The population size is about 2000.

Location

It is on the Fatehpur

Fatehpur

Fatehpur may refer to:Places in India*Punjab** Fatehpur Jattan, village in district Fatehgarh Sahib** Fatehpur Rayian, village in district Fatehgarh Sahib** Fatehpur Bhangala, village in district Rupnagar* Uttar Pradesh...

-Salasar

Salasar

Salasar is a village in India. Salasar is located on National Highway No. 65 of Sujangarh in the district of Churu, about 130 km from Jaipur and 350 km from Delhi famous, for Salasar Balaji temple...

 road 6 km from Fatehpur Shekhawati and 55 km from Sikar

Sikar

Sikar is a city located in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan state in India. It is the administrative headquarter of Sikar District. Sikar is a historical city and contains many old Havelis which are a huge tourist attraction. The best way to reach the city is to use road transport from Jaipur...

. Its Coordinates are 27°56'42"N 74°55'31"E http://wikimapia.org/#lat=27.9475164&lon=74.9219942&z=16&l=0&m=b. Connectivity to nearby towns is good and transportation means are adequate.

Demographics

Population of the village is around 2000 comprising two religions, Hindus and Muslims, with almost half population of each. There is remarkable level of religious harmony between the two religious groups and it is quite common that these two groups celebrate festivals with each other. The village boasts a Temple and a Mosque, representing a rich religious life.Hindu families belong to mostly Jat community with different gotras such as Budania, Dhayal, Godara and Theterwal.

Occupation

Villagers are mostly farmers but lately they are shifting to service and trade related occupations. A large segment of working people work in Arab countries and the village receives large remittances there. The decreasing reliance on agriculture and inflow of remittances has helped prosper the village.

Education

The village has two Government primary schools, a private upper primary school and a government senior secondary school. Literacy rate is about 70% and is increasing rapidly due to rising awareness about education and its importance.

Climate

Here summers are hot and arid with temperatures reaching as high as 50°C . In these times, sand storms and hot dry winds, called Loo, are common phenomena. In months of May and June, Loo becomes unbearable and may cause heatstroke. The place receives rainfall mostly in the months of July, August and September. Winters are severe and chilly with minimum temperature falling to 0°C in January.

Geography

As the place is located in semi-desert region of the Thar, the landscape consists of sand dunes with scanty bushes. The main trees are Khejri, Neem

Neem

Azadirachta indica is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta, and is native to India growing in tropical and semi-tropical regions. Its fruits and seeds are the source of neem oil...

, Peepal and Rohida

Rohida

Rohida is a village in Sirohi district of Indian state of Rajastan.Rohida is birth place of the historian Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha. In 1922 Motilal Tejawat organized Eki Movement to unit tribals at Rohida.- References :***...

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Agriculture

Being in the semi-desert part of Rajasthan, the farming land cano grow crops which need less water. The crops grown are mainly pearl millet

Pearl millet

Pearl millet is the most widely grown type of millet. Grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times, it is generally accepted that pearl millet originated in Africa and was subsequently introduced into India. The center of diversity, and suggested area of domestication, for...

 (Bajra), moong, moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

, til

Til

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 and gawar. Famines occur frequently. The rabi

Rabi

Rabi may refer to:* Rabi crop, spring harvest in India and Pakistan* Rabi cycle, in physics is the cyclic behaviour of a two-state quantum system in the presence of an oscillatory driving field...

crop is almost non-existent and irrigation is rarely used.