Thathawata
Thathawata | |
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city | |
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| PIN | 331022 |
| Telephone code | 01567 |
Thathawata is a village located in
. At the 2001 census, the village had a total population of 2500.The Village Thathawata is within the
National Highway
.
History
After the victory of last
Chauhan, in the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, The Rajput Rathore in his army moved to the countryside and settled as cultivators at various places in India. One such Rathore soldier was Hari singh of Bhadia clan who founded the village Thathawata. The Bhadias had also settled villages Banthod and Rol in present Sikar district of Rajasthan
.
Geography
Route Biramsar on National Highway-11 to Kusumdesar village passes through the village.
The natural climatic conditions in the village are very harsh and extreme. The temperature ranges from sub-zero in winters to more than 50 °C in summers. The summers bring hot waves of air called "loo". The village lies in the
ground water in the village is hard and salty and as deep as 200 feet. The people in the region depend on rainwater harvesting. The rainwater is stored in pucca tanks, known as Johad, which is used throughout the year for drinking purposes. On an average the region faces every third year as a dry year and every eighth year as a famine year. During famine years it becomes very difficult for the animals to survive for want of fodder
and the cattle population goes down drastically.
Demographics
At the census of 2001, Thathawate had a population of 6,500, of which 1105 were adults. There were 650 families residing in the village. Out of these, 513 families are of Bidawat (
.The main occupation of the villagers was in
Arab countries for work. There were 7 teachers, one advocate and one All India Services
class one officer.
All people belong to
Mawali and one than (a sacred place) of Gogaji
.