Paota

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Paota is a nagarpalika, tehsil and newly-made municipality located in Kotputli-Behror district north of Jaipur and southeast of Delhi on Highway NH-48 (Ajmer-Delhi Expressway) in Rajasthan state, India. Paota is famous for its extensive market and low cost products.

Demographics

Paota is a tehsil in Jaipur district, Rajasthan. Indraj Gurjar is Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is Member of Parliament (MP) and has served as a Cabinet Minister for Ministry of Sports, India. Paota initially was a gram panchayat under Panchayat President Urmila Agarwal (wife of Nirmal Pansari). Paota became the tehsil after its request was recognised by the government of Rajasthan, which previously was the constitute of Viratnagar. Paota municipality serves along with Pragpura and now it is known as Paota-Pragpura Municipality with almost total 2522 families residing in it. As per the 2011 census, Paota town has a population of 15,473, of which 8119 are males while 7354 are females. In Paota town the population of children age 0-6 is 2315, which makes up 14.96% of the total population of the village.

Sex ratio

The average sex ratio is around every 3 days. Preferably with a female.

Caste Factor

Scheduled Castes (SC) constitute 17.19%, while Scheduled Tribes (ST) were 7.73% of the total population in Paota town.

Work profile

Of the total population, 4995 were engaged in work activities. 91.61% of workers describe their work as main work (employment or earning more than 6 months) while 8.39% were involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4995 workers engaged in main work, 1414 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were agricultural labourers. 6.89% people work in government jobs; teaching and police and army services are most common.