Baori, Bawadi


Baori is a panchayat village in the state of Rajasthan, India, Baori is the headquarters town for Bawadi tehsil of Jodhpur District in Rajasthan. Baori is the only village in the gram panchayat.

Etymology

The town is named after the step-well there, known as a bawari or baori.

Geography

Baori is located in the Thar Desert at an elevation of above mean sea level. The town lies alongside National Highway 62, and is 40 km by road north of the city of Jodhpur

Demographics

In the 2001 census, the town of Baori had 10,212 inhabitants, with 5,419 males and 4,793 females, for a gender ratio of 884 females per thousand males.