Khetri

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Khetri Khetri Khetdi
City
Khetri fort
Nickname(s):  khetadi, Copper
Khetri Location in Rajasthan, India
Coordinates: 27°59′N 75°48′E / 27.98°N 75.8°E / 27.98; 75.8Coordinates: 27°59′N 75°48′E / 27.98°N 75.8°E / 27.98; 75.8
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhunjhunu
Government
• Body	Khetri Municipality and Gothra panchayat
Elevation	484 m (1,588 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,209(Khetri) + 16,933(Khetri Nagar) as per 2,011 census of india
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Marwadi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	333504/333503
Telephone code	01593
Vehicle registration	RJ53

Khetri Nagar is a town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India. It is part of the Shekhawati region. Khetri is actually two towns, "Khetri Town" founded by Raja Khet Singhji Nirwan and "Khetri Nagar" which is about 10 km away from Khetri. Khetri Nagar, well known for its Copper Project, was built by and is under the control of Hindustan Copper Limited, a public sector undertaking under the Government of India. Khetri Nagar is also very well known with name of 'Copper'.

Geography[]

Khetri is located at

27°59′N 75°48′E / 27.98°N 75.8°E / 27.98; 75.8.^[1] It has an average elevation of 484 metres (1587 feet). The name of the mountain in khetri is Bhopalgarh.

Demographics[]

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Khetri had a population of 17,377. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Khetri has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 56%. In Khetri, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Khetri fort[]

Khetri fort was built in 1754 by the then Shekhawat raja, Bhopal Singh (Raja Shri Bhopal Singh Shekhawat Ji Saheb Bahadur).^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Genealogy of Khetri Rulers

Khetri mines owned by the Hindustan copper Ltd. This mine was started over 2000 years ago. Khetri copper complex mines Rajasthan India. The region is highly contaminated by copper with higher values in the soil near overburden material and tailings.