Paota is a nagarpalika, tehsil and newly-made municipality located in Jaipur district 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Jaipur and 170 kilometres (110 mi) 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.

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Paota Paota
Municipality
Paota Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Paota Paota (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27.3513°N 76.0422°E / 27.3513; 76.0422
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaipur
Government
• Type	federal
• Body	nagarpalika paota
Elevation	744 m (2,441 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	15,473
Languages
• Official	Hindi,english
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-32

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 of Paota town is 906, which is lower than the Rajasthan state average of 928. The child sex ratio for Paota as per census is 876, lower than the Rajasthan average of 888.

Education

Paota has a high literacy rate compared to rest of Rajasthan. In 2011, the literacy rate of Paota was 76.33% compared to 66.11% in Rajasthan. In Paota, male literacy stands at 87.54% while the female literacy rate is 64.04%. Paota is monarchy^{[clarification needed]} and leader in schooling but lacks in PG and technical UG college.^{[definition needed]}

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.

Cloth market

Paota's cloth market is famous for Rajasthani attire. The cloth market is filled with clothing from Indian attire to western clothes.

Clothing

Older men wear dhoti, kurta, kacha^{[definition needed]} and bandi as innerwear.

Married and older women wear lehnga and lugdi^{[definition needed]} in rural areas; in urban areas women wear saris.

Younger girls wear western dresses as they are popular in India; in rural areas girls wear suits^{[clarification needed]} and salwar.

Young men wear western clothing as well as traditional kurta pajama.

References

• Paota VILLAGE population
• Paota Location