Beawar is a city in Beawar district of Indian state of Rajasthan. As of 2011, the population of Beawar is 342,935. It is located 60 kilometres sout…Beawar is a city in Beawar district of Indian state of Rajasthan. As of 2011, the population of Beawar is 342,935. It is located 60 kilometres south from Ajmer, the divisional headquarter and 184 kilometres southwest of the state capital Jaipur, amidst Aravali hills. The city used to be a major center for trade, especially in raw cotton, and used to have cotton presses and the Krishna cotton mills. Currently, major industries include mineral-based units, machine-based units, machine tools and accessories, pre-stressed concrete pipes, plastic products, textiles, wooden furniture and asbestos cement pipes. Beawar is the largest producer of cement in northern India and home to Shree Cement. It is situated in a mineral-rich region having reserves of feldspar, quartz, asbestos, soapstone, magnesite, calcite, limestone, mica, emerald, granite, and masonry stone. Reserves of barytes, fluorite, wollastonite and vermiculite have also been found. Nearest airports are Jodhpur, Kishangarh and Jaipur. It is also connected by RSRTC operated buses to all parts of Rajasthan, and neighboring Delhi NCR, Ahmedabad, Gwalior. It also has railway connectivity with Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Haridwar, Dehradun, Bareilly and Muzzafarpur.
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