District profiles
Sirohi district is situated in south west of Rajasthan between parallels of 240 21' and 25017' North latitudes and 720 16' and 730 10' East longitudes. This district occupies prominent place in the agro-climatic zone IIb i.e. "Transitional Plain of Luni Basin" comprising three blocks of the district viz. Sheoganj, Reodar and Sirohi and Zone IVa i.e. “Sub humid southern plain and Aravali Hills comprising two blocks viz. Pindwara and Aburoad. It covers a total geographical area of 517947 ha accounting for 1.51 per cent of the total reported area of the Rajasthan State.
The average rainfall of the district is 615.9 mm during this year normal rainfall is 622 mm. Net sown area of the district is 1.35 lac (26.60%). The total population of the district is 8.51 lac. 19.15 per cent of the total populations are SC and 24.79 percent ST. The main crop during Kharif season are Maize (25.97%), Pearl millet (11.56%), Sesame(8.59%), Castor (12.91%), Greengram(5.47%), Fennel(3.32%)& Cluster bean(12.53%). Major Rabi crops of the area are wheat (16.33%), mustard (13.61%) gram (3.4%), and cumin (1.11%). The total live stock population of the districts is 9.72 lac, out of which cattle is 1.87 lac (19.29%), buffalo1.44 lac (14.90%), sheep 2.94 lac (30.32 %), and goat 3.32 lac (34.22%). Sirohi breed of goat is famous for meet and milk purpose.