What is "jaliwada"

Jaliwara Khurd or Jaliwada is a village in Rajasthan, India. Administratively, it is under Nanan gram panchayat, Bilara tehsil, Jodhpur district, Rajastha.

Majority of the population is Barhat Charan (बारहठ चारण). The family deity (कुलदेवी / Kuldevi - which is worshiped by Barhat Charan clan) of Barhat Charan clan is रवराय / रवेची (Ravrai / Ravechi).

Recently one of the charan girl of this village became The First Woman IAS Officer from Charan Community. Her name is डॉ. रतनकँवर (Dr. Ratankanvar). Her father's name is श्री हड़मतसिंह बारहठ (Shri Hadmat Singh Barhat) & mother's name is श्रीमती प्रकाशकँवर (Smt. Prakashkanvar), the family is currently staying at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Dr. Ratankanvar's husband श्री ललितनारायण सिंह सान्दू (Shri Lalitnarayan Singh Sandu) is also an IAS Officer.

It is 8 km by road northeast of Piparcity on the Jodhpur-Merta road. It is on the left (southeast) bank of the Mitri River, an intermittent stream and tributary of the Luni River.

In 2011, it came into limelight, when the nurse Bhanwari Devi was kidnapped there, leading to a political scandal.

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