Bhupendrayadav8890

Majri 301707
Village
Majri 301707 Location in Rajasthan, India Majri 301707 Majri 301707 (India)
Coordinates: 28.080498°N 76.792686°E / 28.080498; 76.792686
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Kotkasim
Population  (2011)
• Total	680
Languages
• Official	Hindi हिंदी
• Spoken	Ahirwati अहीरवाटी
PIN	301707
Telephone code	01493
Vehicle registration	RJ-40
Lok Sabha constituency	Alwar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kishangarh

Majri is a small size village in Kotkasim tehsil Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan, It is located around 75 km south of Delhi, 75 km north of Alwar, and about 200 km north of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. MAJRI is part of Greater Bhiwadi and National Capital Region (NCR). India.

Majri is a part of the Ahirwal region and about 80 percent of the total population are Yadav. Most of the Yadavs belong to the gotra (clan) of the khaliyav and lamba.

Population

The Majri village has population of 680 of which 358 are males while 322 are females with total 127 families residing as per Population Census 2011.

In Majri village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 11.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Majri village is 899 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Majri as per census is 711, lower than Rajasthan average of 888. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.97 % of total population in Majri village. The village Majri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Culture

Language

The main language of the village is Ahirwati. It is commonly taken to be a dialect of Mewati and classified within the Rajasthani group of languages, but it also has characteristics in common with the neighbouring Western Hindi varieties. The closely related Bangru (also known as Haryanvi) and Hindi are also spoken in the village.

Religion

the main religion is Hinduism There are currently two temples in Majri village.

Baba johad wala

Baba johad wala Mandir is located in the east side of the village, and is the most popular temple in Majri village.

Shiv Mandir

Shiv mandir is located middle of the village.

costume

Men wear dhoti kurtas and women wear kurta lehenga. Women of Ahir Community wear angia - lehenga with a odhani.

Men

Pagris is a turban or a headgear for the men. It is a rolled piece of long cloth wrapped around the head. Although now fully stitched pagris are available which are required to be worn as simple as a hat.

The village men wear 'dhoti' for trousers. Dhoti is a long piece of rectangular cloth, which is wrapped around the waist and legs and tucked in from the centre of the waistline The men wear a kurta or a shI rt over their torsos. The kurta or shirts are usually white in colour.

The traditional footwear is jutti.

Occasionally, men are found with a blanket draped over one of their shoulder, especially during the winters. The blankets are light weighted. Most common type of blanket is the dark coloured chequered blanket

Women

Women wear long, free, flared skirts called ghagra. Ghaghras have different patterns and designs on them and are of many bright colours. They may also have a border at the bottom end. Odhani or Lughadi is an elongated piece of cloth that women wear over their attire. The odhani have colourful borders with different patterns. Women of Ahir Community wear angia - lehenga with a odhani. Women of village wear traditional Indian style of footwear just as the men do. The traditional footwear is called jutti and is worn by most communities in Northern India. Women of these communities work outside in the fields, especially during harvest season. Thus, these dresses are designed in a manner that is comfortable for them. [[Angia is a tight fitting blouse that women were to cover their torsos. The blouses come only till midway on the torso. Lehenga / Petticoats are straight fitted long skirts. They are different from ghaghras as ghagra are more free flowing and open.]]

Education

Majri village has higher literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Majri village was 85.57 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan and compared to 74. 04% of India. In Majri Male literacy stands at 97.44 % while female literacy rate was 72.76 %.

MAJRI contains one schools.

• Government Upper Primary School Majri Alwar, Rajasthan

Occupations

In Majri village out of total population, 342 were engaged in work activities. 52.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 342 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.

Agriculture

The most common occupation in Majri is farmer. In Kharif season bajra, maize, sorghum vulgare, arhar, sesamum, cotton, and guar are grown. In Rabi season wheat, barley, gram, mustard, and rabi pulses are sown. The main source of irrigation is tube wells.

Transport

By Air

The nearest airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, which is 75 km away. The second nearest airport is Sanganer International Airport, Jaipur, 200 km away from Majri.

By Railway

Main article: Rewari railway junction

Rewari Railway Station

The nearest main railway station is Rewari. Rewari is a major junction on the Indian railway network and has connections to major cities in India by direct trains. Six railway lines branch out from it to Delhi, Ajmer via Ringas, Ajmer via Alwar, Loharu, Hisar and Rohtak.

By Road

MAJRI is connected by three national highways: NH48 (Delhi-Jaipur-mumbai-chennai) via Garhi Bolni, Alwar-Bhiwadi Mega Highway via Tapukara and NH71B (Rewari-Dharuhera-Sohna-Palwal). State highways connect Majri to all major towns in Rajasthan and adjacent districts of Haryana.