Degana

Demography

As of 2011 India census, Degana had a population of 34,315. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Degana has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 51%.

Mineral

Wolfram (Wolframite) deposits are found in Renwat Hill at Degana. In this mineral the tungsten of Iron and Manganese occurs, in the veins and lodes of granite and phtilites. A reserve of the order of 3,400 tones has been established. Till 1994 Hindustan Zinc(Vedanta Group) was mining here in collaboration with government of Rajasthan, But as the depth of mineral is now very deep it is not that economical to mine mineral from this reservoir so they decided to stop mining for certain timing and started to import.

Religious sites

Village has the temples of ambe mata mandir soni bhawan, Shitala Mata, Karni Mata Chaumunda mata, Charbhuja, Deonarayan, Shree Venkatesh Satyanarayan Temple, Temple was inaugurated on 13 May 1994 to fulfill the dream of Late Jainarayanji Karwa By his son Shri Sriniwasji Karwa. The idols are Lord Venkatesh, Lord Satyanarayan, Goddess Laxmi and Lord hanunman. Main functions are on the Anniversary of Temple, Shiv Mandir, Gaytari Mandir, Veer Teja ji Mandir, Dharmshala hanuman mandir etc. There is an annual cattle-fair in village from Rajathani month Asoja Krishna 1 to 10 Dashahara. Village also has got three Mosques, One Eidgaah for Muslims. Also Muslim Dargaah (Kasnau Baba - Ilahibaksh baba).

Geography

Degana is located at 26.895052°N 74.322166°E / 26.895052; 74.322166. It has an average elevation of 353 metres (1161 ft).

Villages In Degana Tehsil

Aakeli -B, Achhojai, Achla Ka Khet, Alniyawas Alwas, Antroli Kalan, Antroli Khurd, Asan (Khinwatana), Bachhwari, Bachhwas, Bamna Kalan, Bamna Khurd, Banwara, Banwarla, Bari Ghati, Barna, Basni Jaga, Bedas Kalan, Bhadwasi, Bharli, Bhawal Charna, Bhawariya, Bherunda, Bichpuri, Bikharniya Kalan, Bajiyasar, Bikharniya Khurd, Bofli, Butati, Chak Chiknas, Chak Dhani, Chanda Roon Chandni, Charanwas, Chardas, Chiknas, Chochiyas, Choliyas, Chosali, Chua, Chui, Churiyas, Dawoli Khari, Dagra, Dagari, Degana, Deogarh, Deola Kalan, Deola Mada, Dhadhariya Kalan, Dhanipura, Dodiyana, Doodhras, Dookiyasar, Doongras, Dugor Achla, Dugorchiknas, Dugordasa ( Rathore nagri ), Gaimaliyawas, Ghana, Gol, Gonarda, Gonardi, Goredi Chancha (CT), Goredi Karna, Gothra, Gulabpura, Gundisar, Gunsali, Gurha Jagmalota, Gurha Jodha, Hanuman Nagar (khinwatana) Habchar, Harsor, Himmat Nagar, Idwa, Igyasani, Itawara Bhoja, Itawara Ladkhani, Jakhera, Jalsoo Kalan, Jalsoo Khurd, Jalsoo Nanak, Jaswantpura, Jawa Sisodiya, Jetpura Kalan, Jetpura Khurd, Jhagarwas, Jodhras, Kuvariya Khera, Kalan Ka Was, Kalni Kumaran, Kalyanpura, Kanwal, Karasora, Kartasar, Keriya Rawan, Khanpura, Khariya Kalan, Khariya Khurd, Kharolwas, Khatolai, Kheri Champa, Kherwa, Khindas, Khivtana, Khiyas, Khuri Kalan, Khuri Khurd, Killa, Rajasthan, Kirad, Kitalsar, Kod, Kodiya, Kutiyasani Kalan, Kutiyasani Khurd, Ladpura, Lakheena, Langod, Lawadar, Luniyas, Maharana, Mandal Deva, Mandal Jodha, Mandelpura, Manjhee, Mathania, Mewara, Mithariya, Miyasar, Modriya, Mogas, Mori Kalan, Moriyana, Narsingh Basni, Nathawara, Nathawari, Nenas, Nimbari Chandawatan, Nimbari Kalan, Nimbari Kothariyan, Nimbola Biswa, Nimbola Kalan, Nimbola Khurd, Nimbola Purohitan, Noond, Oriyana, Pachranda Khurd, Paliyas, Palri Kalan, Pandwala, Patniya, Peepliya, Polas Vishnoiyan, Poonas, Pundlota, Puniyas, Rajapura, Rajlota, Rajod, Rakiyasani, Raliyawata, Ramgarh, Ramsari, Ranas, Rata Dhoondha, Rawaliyawas, Rawatkhera, Rewat, Rohisara, Sandas, Saneriya, Sanju (Sanjoo), Sanwaliyawas, Sarsanda, Sathana Kalan, Sathana Khurd, Sathanni, Shahpura, Shekhpura, Sindhlas, Sirasana, Soodwar, Sukhwasni, Sundari, Suraj Garh, Suriyas, Surpura, Tamroli, Tehla, Thanwala, Thata, Tilanesh, Udiyas, kheri shilla, Gadsuriya, Lawadar.

Education

Some Schools of Degana Region:

Colleges in Degana:

Studio List in Degana :-

Transport

As described above, Degana is a town populated around a railway junction 165 km west of Jaipur on Jaipur-Jodhpur Broad-gauge railway line of North-Westorn Railway. It has a good connectivity with Jaipur (165 km), Jodhpur(149 km), Delhi (473 km) and Bikaner (218 km) through the railway network. Its location is Latitude 26° 53' 45" N and Longitude 74° 19' 15" E.

An old meter-gauge rail segment from Degana Junction to Ratangarh has been converted to Broad-gauge and has elevated the importance of this town Station. This segment runs through Deedwana and joins the Bikaner-Delhi line at Ratangarh. Direct trains are available on a daily/weekly basis to Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Jodhpur,Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Kota, Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur,Allahabad, Bhopal, Nagpur, Varanasi, Puri and Kolkata.

Degana is also connected to nearby cities through 1 National Highway, 2 State Highways and MDR (Major District Roads) but sadly with negligible presence of State Transport services on this network. The city falls on midway on the State Highway from Ajmer to Nagaur SH-60 and another State Highway Ajmer to Deedwana SH-59. Recently a new National Highway Link NH-65A is created which will run through this City. It is an alternate route of existing NH-65 [Pali to Ambala]. The new Link NH-65A will divert from Main NH-65 at Nimbi Jodha near Ladnun and run through Banthari, Khatu, Sanju, Langod, Degana, Idwa etc. It will be a much shorter route to Pali. The work has been completed now.

Private bus services links it to Ajmer, Nagaur, Deedwana, Merta, Makrana (via-Mithariya) and Paris but with unpleasant service and oligopolistic system of bus operators running on approx hourly basis connecting most of the villages of this Sub-division.

Politics and governance

Nagaur district has the oldest history of Panchyati Raj institutions in independent India as they were inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru on October 2, 1959. And Degana being the first among few Panchayats which had elections. Degana was then part of a very large but single Gram Panchayat of 19 villages. During the first Panchayat elections held sometime in 1954, and then again in 1959, area of the present city then forming part of Chandaroon Gram Panchayat elected a very young & compassionate man Sh. Kana Ram Jajunda (age 22), as their first Sarpanch.

Jajunda had a long political & social influence ever since until his demise on 29 August 2007. During last 12 years Kana Ram Jajunda did lot of organizing work to spread the message & vision of his political ideology since he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996.

BJP had hardly any historical presence in Nagaur district except Nawan. As this region has an Agrarian Politics and BJP had no reach into agrarian class, particularly represented by Jats. It required continuous & untiring organizational efforts from a man who had direct appeal with the people. And Jajunda became instrumental in being the bridge between this party and the people.

In 1996, BJP recorded its first victory on Nagaur MP seat & then grew from strength to strength. The long & untiring efforts of this man, already in his eighties, brought laurels to the party in finally in 2003, when it won 9 out of 10 MLA constituencies in Vidhan Sabha elections. The only exception was Degana constituency itself where Kana Ram Jajunda himself did not contest due to health issues even though party asked him his own choice before finalising the ticket.

However the organizational strengthening of BJP at the grassroot level among the agrarian classes carried-out by Sh. Kana Ram Jajunda during last 12 years paved way to triumph of BJP in Degana for the first time though by a narrow margin. The man fondly called “Kanji” always carried his political life with serenity & compassion. People of the area still remember him as one of the "last few good men in politics".

The Degana Assembly Constituency is representsted in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha by Sh. Ajay Singh Kilak of Bharatiya Janata Party who defeated Sh. Richhpal Singh Mirdha 4 times MLA and stalwart of Indian National Congress by a narrow margin of 1174 votes in 2008 Assembly elections & again went on to defeat Richhpal Singh Mirdha this time decisively by a margin of 14482 votes in the 2013 General Elections. Sh. Ajay Singh Kilak secured more than 53% votes in these elections. Richhpal Singh Mirdha had won four times from Degana constituency (1990–2008).

Degana assembly constituency now forms part of newly created Parliamentary Constituency Rajsamand represented by Sh. Hari Om Singh Rathore of Bhartiya Janta Party since last General Elections to the Lok Sabha in 2014.

list of representatives of degana.

The city has sub-division headquarters with SDM, tehsil headquarters with 237+ revenue villages and judicial headquarters with ADJ court.