Ahore

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Ahore
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CountryFile:Flag of India.svg India
StateRajasthan
DistrictJalor
Founded byThakur Veridas
Named afterAvri (आवरी)
Government
 • TypeNagar palika
 • BodyMunicipality
Area
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Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Marwari
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
307029
Telephone code+912978
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-16
Total Villages136
Sex ratio963 / 947

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Ahore or Ahor (Aavar) is a city in the Jalore District of the Indian state of Rajasthan at the intersection of Sanderao-Jalore and Jalore-Jodhpur Highway.

Ahore

Ahore was a Thikana of 10 villages of Rathore sub clan Champawat Rajputs. Thakur Jagannath Singh, the first Thakur of Ahore, was granted the Ahor estate in 1706 by Maharaja Ajit Singh of Marwar following the Battle of Dunada.[2]

Geography

It is located 18 km east of Jalore on NH 325 between Jalore and Sanderao. It is the headquarters of the tehsil of the same name.

This town can be found at the intersection that connects Jalore, the District Headquarters, and Jodhpur, a major city.

The Ahor tehsil has 41 Gram Panchayats. The Gram Panchayats are: Agawari, Ahore, Aipura, Ajeetpura, Bala, Bankli, Badanwari, Bavadi, Bhadrajun, Bhawrani, Bhanswara, Bhooti, Bhorda, Bithuda, Chandra, Charali, Chavarcha, Chunda, Dayalpura, Dodiyali, Ghana, Guda Balotan, Harji, Kamdba, Kanwla, Kavarada, Nimbla, Norwa, Nosra, Padarali, Panchota, Paota, Raithal, Rama, Rodla, Sankarna, Sedria, Shankhwali, Sugalia Jodha, Thanwala, Umedpur, Valadara and Vediya.[3]

Demographics

Ahore tehsil has a population of 2,39,642 peoples, out of which urban population is 16,867 while rural population is 2,22,775 according to census in 2011.[4]

Bhata Gair

Ahor was the site of Bhata Gair, a ceremony which, until 2004, took place during the festival of Holi. As a rule, only those born in Ahor were allowed to participate. In this ritual, people were divided into two teams, one that consumed alcohol and the other that did not, and they were separated with a fence in between. The aim was to cross the fence, and the team who crossed the fence wins. When one player attempted to cross the fence, the members of the other team would throw stones and attack the player who the player which was crossing the fence with bamboo sticks. The ceremony was ended by the administration due to its dangerous nature.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Ahore". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rathore, Abhinay (1618). "Ahor (Thikana)". Rajput Provinces of India. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ^ Village Panchayats of AHORE, JALORE, RAJASTHAN[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011".
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."End of Bhata Gair". Patrika. patrika.com. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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