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Country
  
India

District
  
Udaipur

Gram Panchayat
  
Malpur

Elevation
  
259 m

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
Rajasthan

Block
  
Salumber

Founded by
  
Amar Singh Tanwar

Population
  
450 (2011)

Boraj Tawaran

Boraj Tawaran is a village in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan, India. It comes under the Malpur gram panchayat, in Salumber block. The village is located 8 km east of Salumber. It is also known as Boraj Tanwaran or Boraj Tavraan. Salumbar is nearest town to Boraj Tawaran village. Around 1700 CE, a Thakur of the Tanwar clan moved to Salumber during the rule of Rawat Kesari Singh Chundawat ("Rawat" is a princely title). In 1876, his descendant Thakur Tej Singh Tanwar was granted the jagir of the present-day village site to Rawat Jodh Singh Chundawat. The village was established by Tej Singh's descendant Amar Singh Tanwar, who started the construction of the Amba Mata dam.

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Temples

  • Kalka Mata(Kali) Temple - also known as Dhamkar Mata situated in Boraj Tawaran Village. Goats are sacrificed on every festival of Nvratri. A lot of people come to the temple on the occasion of Navratri.
  • Morila Mahadevji Temple - it is a Temple of Lord Shiva. it is a very old and famous temple situated on hills of Morila. The temple is 4 km from Boraj Tawaran village. A lot of people come here every Monday of the week .
  • Amba Mata Temple - Amba Mata temple is built on wall of the Amba Mata dam.
  • Yogeshwari (Chilay Mata) Temple - Kuldevi of Tanwar Rajputs of Boraj Tawaran village, Built in Boraj Tawaran House.

    • Notable people

  • Surendra singh Tanwar-BJP leader of Salumber Panchayat Samiti.
  • Himmat singh Tanwar - BJP President of bhabhrana mandal.
  • Karan singh Tanwar - working in Indian Air Force.
  • Shivdayal Singh Tanwar - Government contractor.
  • Pachu Ram Meena-Ex Sarpanch of Malpur gram Panchayat.
  • Lalu Ram Meena-Ex Sarpanch of Malpur gram Panchayat.

    • School

  • Govt.Sr.Sec.School-Boraj
  • Govt.Primary School-Boraj Tanwaran

    • Demographics

    The Boraj Tawaran village has population of 571 of which 289 are males while 282 are females as per Population Census 2011.

    In Boraj Tawaran village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 24.52% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Boraj Tawaran village is 976 which is higher than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Boraj Tawaran as per census is 1090, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

    Boraj Tawaran village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Boraj Tawaran village was 47.56% compared to 66.11% of Rajasthan. In Boraj Tawaran Male literacy stands at 58.11% while female literacy rate was 36.36%.

    As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Boraj Tawaran village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.

    Caste Factor In Boraj Tawaran village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.67% of total population in Boraj Tawaran village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Boraj Tawaran village of Udaipur.

    Work Profile In Boraj Tawaran village out of total population, 308 were engaged in work activities. 99.03% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.97% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 308 workers engaged in Main Work, 295 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.

    References

    Boraj Tawaran Wikipedia
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