Rawla Mandi


Rawla Mandi is a town in Rawla Mandi tehsil of Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, India. It is located on Gharsana-Khajuwala road,180 km from district headquarter Sri Ganganagar and 27 km away from Gharsana and 50 km from Anupgarh. The state capital Jaipur is 480 km away, and national capital New Delhi is 500 km away. It is 33 km from Khajuwala and 122 km from Bikaner. It is 30 km far from Indo-Pak border. Rawla mandi known as 8PSD gram panchayt. Rawla Gaon Also located in West of rawla mandi

Extent, geography and climate

Geography and climate

Rawla Mandi is in the Thar Desert. Thorny shrubs and sandy dunes are the basic characteristics of this region. Kikar, Aak, Khejari, Khimp, Lathiya, Laana and Booiin, Tumba make natural vegetation of this area. According to experts Rawla area is enriched with fertile soil for crops. Gypsum/Chuna
rocks are assets of this region. The waters of Ignp canal has brought changes to flora and fauna and agriculture of wheat, mustard, cotton, Guar, pulses and Jawar has given a composite form of sandy dunes and green fields. This region with Gharsana is called cotton-belt but now things are changing. Average annual rainfall has fallen dramatically in the last few years. Since key source of irrigation is canal-water, water supply is inadequate for agriculture. Now many farmers are moving to a new trend of irrigation by tubewells.

Extent and area

Rawla Mandi lies roughly between 72.87'72"E to 72.90'E longitudes and 28.83'25"N to 28.85N' latitudes.
Details as follows:
  • 1 Longitudinal extension: 72.87'94"97E to 72.89'60"04E or 72.90'66"04E.
  • 2 Latitudinal extension: from 28.83'2588N to 28.85'24"92N or 28.85'86"38N.
Area: Rawla Mandi Town measures 2.231 km or 2.975 km from north to south and 1.83 km or 2.655 km from east to west. Area of Rawla town without Ricco is approximately 2.950 km2 and with Ricco it is 4 km2 and Rawla gram panchayat covers approximately 9.60 km2. Perimeter is 9, 10 and 15.27 km respectively.

Minerals

is most common mineral found in the rocks of this area. The gypsum deposits occur in rocks of tertiary period, and are considered to have by evaporation process.

Governance

Rawla Mandi is currently a tehsil local government. Rawla mandi is divided into 17 wards.
The current sarpanch is Gangabishan Poonia. Manju Devi is serving as vice-sarpanch who is also ward panch from ward no.15. Total ward members are listed below:
Ward No.Name of ward panch
1Suman
2Jaswant Singh Raisikh
3Surajbhan Nayak
4Krishna Kataria
5Kavita
6Vikram Singh Ramgarhia
7Bhaga Devi
8Hetram Bishnoi
9Simranpreet Kaur
10Gaurav Kumar Arora
11Manpreet Kaur
12Darshan Singh
13Dhanraj Meghwal
14Rajkumar Sansi
15Manju Devi Jain
16Chandra Devi Sain
17Santosh Joshi

Chaks of Rawla mandi

Rawla Mandi grampanchayat is divided into 2 chaks. These are 8 PSD B 1KPD A.Main town of Rawla Mandi is associated with 8 PSD B. Rawla Mandi grampanchayat is known as 8 PSD B.
10 KD,2KND,1KLM,6PSD-C, 4KPD are neighbouring grampanchayats of Rawla Mandi grampanchayat.

History

Timeline

Rawla is not an old village. The Anoopgarh branch of the IGNP canal brought the waters of the Satluj and Beas rivers in 1967 and at that time some people opened their shops near the bridge built on the canal for labourers and farmers working on the canal site.The State Bank of India opened its branch on 7 May 1981.
In 1982 a new grain market was established. Rawla began to expand and the golden period of Rawla began. On 19 August 1987, a number of illegal shops were demolished by the administration and people showed strong resistance. Earlier Rawla Mandi was a part of Rojari gram panchayat and in 1988 it was given grampanchayat status. Gangabishan Poonia was elected as first Sarpanch on 1 June 1988. Hardworking and dedication changed the life of the people of Rawla.
By 2000 Rawla began to decline due to droughts and lack of water in the canal. Many residents left the town and the people became hopeless and sad. The people of Anoopgarh, Gharsana, Khajuwala and Rawla Mandi started a movement against state government. The people of Rawla were demanding sufficient water for agriculture. According to them government had discriminatory attitude between people of first phase and second phase of Ignp irrigation system but government was claiming due to bad rain conditions water supply in Ignp canal had decreased and water was being given as per proportion of both phases. Rawla came into the news when this peasant movement became violent when a gathering of farmers entered a police station and set it afire on 27 October 2004. Three persons Kaluram, Mangilal, and Rajkumar died in police firing. A curfew was imposed on the area.
At present, the shortage of water for agriculture is the most serious challenge for the people of Rawla Mandi. Now again due to positive rain conditions and water supply in the canal again this area is moving on the path of progress.
Road divider and road lights were introduced in 2011.
2012:- Rawla Mandi Sub-Tehsil is set up and Rawla mandi will be the headquarters of this sub-tehsil.
In 2013 area east to Rojari road given back to 9 psd a grampanchayat. Many years ago it was added to 8 psd b grampanchayat.
2016:- Action against encroachment in land along canal began by government administration on 25 January in its first phase from bridge on Khanuwali road, but it razed 2 or 3 small buildings built within 25 feet of canal boundary.
April:-The CCTV cameras mounted on road light poles at Rojari chowk and Shiv chowk. The cameras have been fixed first in Rawla Mandi at public places.
2024 Sep 2024 Rajasthan state level school girls Kabaddi tournament was organised, where people of the town contributed and showed warmth hospitality towards guests.The schools, Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Jambheshwar Temple samiti,Anand hotel made food and breakfast arrangements.

List of Sarpanches of Rawla Mandi

No.Name Sarpanch'Tenure
1Gangabishan Poonia1 June 1988 – 19 July 1991
2Rajeram Tak1 Feb. 1995 – 31 Jan 2000
3Chanderkala Poonia1 Feb 2000 – 31 Jan 2005
4Jani Devi1 Feb. 2005–21 Jan.2010
5Sirjeet Barokafrom 23 Jan. 2010 – 18 Jan. 2015
6Sunita Nayakfrom 18 Jan.2015-15 March 2020
7Gangabishan Pooniafrom 15 March 2020-incumbent

The question of wards of 10 and 11

According to map Rawla mandi or grampanchayat 8 PSD-B consists 5 Chaks or land pieces.ward no 11 and 10 are not parts of these chaks. These wards are on chak 6 PSD C,which is a part of grampanchayat 9 PSD A. It consists 56 Bighas land.
In 1996 deliberately or by mistake this 56 bighas land as ward no.10 and 11 were incorporated into Rawla Mandi.
Almost after 10 years Gram panchayat 9 PSD-A demanded back these areas on the basis of fact that these were originally
inhabited on the land of grampanchayat 9 PSA-A.
However this matter in now in court.
On Aug-Sept 2013 both sarpanches of Rawla mandi and 9 PSD-A with their supporters kept dharna before police station with different hues of problem of these wards.Rawla mandi sarpanch was demanding not to commence any action in these wards,where as sarpanch of 9 PSD-A stated that he has full right to start action against encroachment and issues pattas in these parts. After written assurance of BDO to demands of Rawla sarpanch dharna was put to end by Rawla mandi sarpanch.
On 12 September 2013 by a letter by Panchayat Raj department of Rajasthan government it was made clear that land concerning wards 10 and 11 was under administration of gram panchayat 9 PSD-A and 9 PSD A grampanchayat was free to initiate any action against encroachment and issue pattas in these wards.

During Corona pandemic

The COVID-19 spread in Rawla is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of COVID-19 in Rawla a Government Hospital employee, was reported on 3 September 2020.
On 22 March, Rawla observed a 14-hour voluntary public curfew at the instance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was followed by mandatory lockdowns like other parts of India.

Economy

People are mainly dependent on agriculture-based trades.

Industries

As far as industries is concerned gypsum grinding factories occupy the most important place. Raw gypsum material is supplied from villages. The government central processing unit is the perhaps largest unit in the Asian continent. After grinding, gypsum is transported to other northern Indian cities where gypsum based large scale industries use it as raw material.
There was a time when Rawla area was known for its high yield of cotton. A number of factories for processing cotton were shut down in recent decade. The industrial area or Riico is located in easternmost part of Rawla Mandi. Various markets work to fulfill needs of people of town and surrounding villages.

Demographics

Population as per 2011 census is as below.
CHAK or revenue villageMaleFemaleTotal
8 PSD A6863131
8 PSD B6,2255,45011,675
2 DOL244201445
1 KPD A10196197
1 KPD B267232499
Total6905604212947