Ghanerao

Ghanerao Gona/ Gonerao
village
Ghanerao Location in Rajasthan, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Talukas	Desuri
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Elevation	380 m (1,250 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	7,650
Languages
• Official	Marwari, Hindi, ENGLISH
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	RJ-22
Sex ratio	1050 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Pali (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Pali
Civic agency	Gram Panchayat
Avg. annual temperature	30 °C (86 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	44 °C (111 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	05 °C (41 °F)

Ghanerao is a village in Desuri tehsil of Pali district of Rajasthan.

The village is located on the Sadri-Desuri road State Highway 16. Due to its proximity to Kumbhalgarh fort, Ranakpur Jain temple and Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, it is an important place in tourism with history. There are many Hindu and Jain temples in and around Ghanerao. There are about 11 Jain temples some of them are quite old, Muchhal Mahavir Temple being the most notable one. In the village are also Hindu temples of Laxmi Narayanji, Murlidhar and Charbhujaji. On the outskirts of the village is situated a ‘mahanth’ known as Giriji Ki Dhani. The village have a many temples of Riddhi & Siddhi Gajanand , a Sri Mahalaxmi ji & Sri Batwesher {Bohra Sri Shrimali} Mahadev Temple.

Demographics

Population of Ghanerao is 7,650 according to a 2001 census, where male population is 3,732 and female population is 3,918.

Ghanerao Jagir

Ghanerao was a princely thikana of 37 villages founded in 1606. It was a member of two states Jodhpur State as well as Udaipur State. It was ruled by Rathores of Mertia clan. The village has a fort which is now a heritage hotel.

Notable places

• Ghanerao Castle
• Mahavira Jain temple, constructed around 1020 CE
• Ghanerao Jungle Lodge (Bagha Ka Bagh)
• Sri Shrimali Brahmins Mahalaxmi Tempal Ghanerao

External links

• Ghanerao VILLAGE population
• Ghanerao Castle
• Sri Shrimali Brahmins Samaj