Khetri
Khetri, 1908
Head-quarters of the chiefship of the same name in Jaipur State, Rajputana, situated in 28 degree N. and 75 degree 47' E., about 80 miles north of Jaipur city. Population (1901), 8,537. The town is pic- turesquely situated in the midst of hills, and is difficult of access, there being only one cart-road and two or three bridle-paths into the valley in which it stands. It is commanded by a fort of some strength on the summit of a hill 2,337 feet above sea-level. In the town the Raja. maintains an Anglo-vernacular high school attended by 66 boys, a Hindi school attended by 112 boys, and a hospital with accom- modation for 6 in-patients. There are also 5 indigenous schools, and a combined post and telegraph office. In the immediate neighbour- hood are valuable copper-mines, which, about 1854, yielded an income of Rs. 30,000, but which, owing to the absence of proper appliances for keeping down the water and a scarcity of fuel, have not been worked for many years. Nickel and cobalt have been found ; but these minerals are quarried principally at Babai, about 7 miles to the south, the ore being extensively used for enamelling and exported for this purpose to Jaipur, Delhi, and other places. The chiefship, which lies partly in the Shekhawati and partly in the Torawati nizdmat, consists of 3 towns — Khetri, Chi raw a, and Kot Putli — and 255 villages; and the popu- lation in 1901 was 131,913, Hindus forming nearly 92 per cent, and Musalmans 8 per cent. In addition, the Raja has a share in 26 villages not enumerated above, and possesses half of the town of Sin- ghana. The town and pargana of Kot Putli are held as a free grant from the British Government, while for the rest of his territory the Raja pays to the Jaipur Darbar a tribute of Rs. 73,780. The normal income of the estate is about 5-3 lakhs, and the expenditure 3-5 lakhs.
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
