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Rani, Rajasthan

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  Rani
Rajasthan • India
Map indicating the location of Rani
Location of Rani
 Rani 
Coordinates: 25°22′N 73°18′E / 25.37, 73.3
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
Elevation

• 273 m (896 ft)
District(s) Pali
Population 12,376 (2001)

Coordinates: 25°22′N 73°18′E / 25.37, 73.3 Rani is a city and a municipality in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.. It lies on the Sukari River, a tributary of the Luni. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Delhi railway line. Rani is the nearest railhead to famous Shri parswanath jain varkana temples. The temples are at distance of 7 km from Rani. In Rani itself the Sai Dham Temple is a visitor attraction. Rani has many small scale industries. Around 1940 Rani initially have only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI).

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Visitor attractions around Rani

There are many temples around Rani and these are : Ganpati Aurvedic Ashram, Radhe-krishan Mandir, Hanuman Mandir, Sanwariya Temple, Sai baba, Ambaji Mandir, Shitla Mata Mandir, Mahadev Mandir, Shani Maharaj Mandir, Siya-ram Temple, Baba Ramdev Mandir, Bhairav ji Mandir etc. There are also few picnic points Sai Dham and Gori-shankar around Rani is truly beautiful. There is a mosque also situated there. There are large green grounds and high mountains like Rani village, Khimel, Dadai, Ghuralas etc.

Geography

Rani is located at 25.37° N 73.3° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 273 metres (895 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census[2], Rani had a population of 12,376. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rani has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 49%. In Rani, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education in Rani

Rani is an education centre of surrounding area. Rani has about many primary schools, 3 higher secondary schools and a college . Rani college (named L.P.S. girls college, vidhyawadi) is one of the well known girls colleges in Gorwar. There is a most popular education centre of gorwar circuit is "Marudhar Shishan Sanshthan, Vidhyawadi" at Rani. vidhyawari is situated on khimawat road and about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a girls education centre having school, college, labs, library, hostels and school bus facilities. This centre has produced excellent results. And every year, the students from this school & college top in the District. It has separate departments for girls under graduate and post graduate students. These include Arts, Commerce, Home science and Computer science. Admission to Home Science is most sought after as this is the only college for girls in gorwar that offer studies in Home Science subjects. The Centre is well known for high results, healthy traditions, good discipline, experiments and projects. It enjoys very high reputation in the state and is a distinguished institution. The popular private schools of the city are : Mahaveer bal vidhyalay, Sanatan school, Ox-ford, Adarsh vidhya mandir, Indo-American, Tiny Totas, Deo pablic school, Emmanual schools etc.

Rani station and Rani village

Rani is divided into two parts- Rani station and Rani village. Rani village is about 3 km. far from Rani station. It is a small village having beautiful fort. Rani station is also divided into two parts by railway line- eastern area is called “main market or mahaveer bazaar” is famous for shopping- like saris & dress materials, jewellary shop, kirana shop etc. and western area is called “pratap bazaar” is always busy for busses, taxi, transport, trade and industrial work etc. Rani station has a large industrial area. It is famous for its marbles-stones and agricultures industry in pali district.

Others

It has theatre named 'Lal mandir' is situated on Kenpura-highway road.

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rani
  2. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

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