# Tolesar Purohitan Village, Shergarh, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

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Village · Shergarh, Jodhpur 

# Tolesar Purohitan

Tolesar Purohitan is a village in Shergarh sub-district of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, PIN code **342001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,252 people in 192 households**, the 94th largest of 507 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 1,252people (2011)
- 192households
- 60.0%literacy
- 342001PIN code

## Tolesar Purohitan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tolesar Purohitan is 342001.** Tolesar Purohitan falls in Shergarh sub-district, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code342001
- Community development blockBalesar
- Census village code085521

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tolesar Purohitan from nearby towns?

- Shergarh (sub-district HQ)65 km by road
- Jodhpur (district HQ)42 km by road
- Jodhpur (nearest town)42 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tolesar Purohitan?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Tolesar Purohitan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Agolai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jodhpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jodhpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tolesar Purohitan known for?

The main crops are **bajara, moth and mung**. About 70% of the 1,550 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tolesar Purohitan

Of every 100 households in Tolesar Purohitan in 2011, 64 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Tolesar Purohitan · ■ Shergarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**88%

Tap water ****5%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****26%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tolesar Purohitan?

■ Tolesar Purohitan · ■ Shergarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**903

Working population ****37.3%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 37.7% for women. 47% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 258 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 50 (11%) · **■** Marginal 146 (31%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shergarh

- Shri Khetsingh Nagar1,279 people
- Gogadeo Garh1,274 people
- Tolesar Charnan1,260 people
- Ranjeetnagar1,253 people
- Anad Nagar1,251 people
- Dhadhaniya Sasan1,225 people
- Basni Manna1,218 people
- Mooleji Ka Bera1,216 people

[All 507 villages in Shergarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/jodhpur/shergarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tolesar Purohitan?342001
- How far is Tolesar Purohitan from Jodhpur?42 km by road
- What is the population of Tolesar Purohitan?1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tolesar Purohitan in?Jodhpur district (Shergarh sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Tolesar Purohitan?60.0% (Census 2011)
