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Jelva

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Country
  
India

district
  
Jodhpur

Gram Panchayat
  
Jetiwas

Area code
  
02930

State
  
Rajasthan

Tehsile
  
Bilara

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Jelva

Jelva(जेलवा) is a village in Bilara Town, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan state, India. It is approximately 90 km from the main city of Jodhpur. It is well connected with surrounding villages and cities by roads. It is connected with city line electricity (almost round the clock electricity). It shares the border with Jetiwas to the south, Tharasni to the west, Bilara to the north and Atbara to the east.

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Map of Jelva, Rajasthan 342602

Climate

The climate of Jelva is generally hot and semi-arid, but has a rainy season from late June to September.

Profession

It is an agriculturally dominating village but due to the lowering of ground water table and an increase in hardness, farming is becoming less popular. The people are rapidly switching their profession to business, mostly in the retail sector.

The crops cultivated are wheat, cotton, Cumin(jeera), fennel (saunf), Guar, Pearl millet (बाजरी), Sorghum (Jowar), Fenugreek (Methi), etc.

Elected representatives

Currently Mr. Om Prakash is sarpanch of the village, preceded by Mr. Anna Ram Choyal.

References

Jelva Wikipedia