Abu Road

Abu Road
आबूरोड
City
Abu Road
Abu Road

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 24°29′N 72°47′E / 24.48°N 72.78°E / 24.48; 72.78Coordinates: 24°29′N 72°47′E / 24.48°N 72.78°E / 24.48; 72.78
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Sirohi
Tehsil Abu Road
Elevation 263 m (863 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 47,320
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 91-2974
Vehicle registration RJ-38
Website www.AbuRoad.org

Abu Road (Rajasthani: आबूरोड ) is a city and municipality in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in western India. It is the tehsil headquarters of Abu Road Tehsil by that name. It lies southeast of Mount Abu and its railway station is an important stop on the main Indian Railways line between Delhi and Ahmedabad. It is the largest city in Sirohi district in terms of area and is a financial hub too. Mount Abu is 27 km up the hill from Abu Road.

History

The old name of Abu Road city was Kharadi. The Rajputana Malwa Railway set up the railway station here on December 30, 1880, and the station was named Abu Road. The road to Mount Abu was built in 1845, during the rule of Maharao Shiv Singh of Sirohi.

Geography

Abu Road is located at 24°29′N 72°47′E / 24.48°N 72.78°E / 24.48; 72.78[1] on the banks of river west banas. It has an average elevation of 263 m (863 ft). The Abu Road city is the biggest city in the Sirohi district.

As of the 2001 India census,[2] Abu Road had a population of 47,320. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Abu Road has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 60% of the males and 40% of females are literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Climate

Abu Road enjoys all types of weather. In Summer, it's hot and humid with an average temperature of 40 Degrees with hot sandy winds. However just before monsoon it becomes hot along with humidity. In Winter, it's 7 to 14 degrees, which is quite cold as compared to other cities in Rajasthan and in Monsoon, the average rainfall is about 14 to 20  inches per season.

Diesel Shed

ABR ( ABU ROAD ) WDM 2A

The railway's diesel shed located here provides employment to a large number of people and holds an important place in town's economy. The Diesel Shed at Abu Road was commissioned by Indian Railways as a metre gauge shed on 26 October 1966. It was then the largest MG shed of Western Railway with holdings of 112 locomotives. With broad gauge conversion under Project Unigauge, the shed was converted to a BG shed with holdings of 60 locomotives. There are 68 supervisors and 570 workers in the shed.

A diesel training centre is located at the shed that conducts promotional, refresher and special courses for locomotive running staff as well as formal training of shed maintenance staff.

Transport

The city being the largest city in Sirohi district is well-connected by road and rail.

Rail

Abu Road railway station comes under the administrative control of North Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities of Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Dehradun, Muzaffarpur, Bareilly and Jammu. It is connected to most of the cities and towns in Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodra, Bhuj and Porbandar. Thus providing transport facility to Sirohi and Jalor district..

Road

National Highway 14 connecting Beawar in Rajasthan with Radhanpur in Gujarat passes through Abu Road, thus connecting it with the cities of Pali, Palanpur. Further, State Highways in Gujarat SH 712, SH 132 pass through Palanpur and connect Abu Road with nearby towns in Gujarat. State Highway SH 41 connects it with Mehsana & Ahmedabad. Abu Road is well connected via bus, more 150 buses are departure from Abu road to other cities. You can catch bus from Abu road to Delhi, Mumbai, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and many cities.

Air

Abu Road has its own Air Strip which is not in use for transport purpose. However, It is used for ministers campaigns and meetings. The nearest Domestic Airport is the Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur which is 164 km away and nearest International Airport is the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahemdabad which is 193 km far.

Places of Interest

Jain temple, Siyava, Abu Road, Rajasthan
New bridge on West Banas River

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Abu Road
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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