Rohat

Rohat also known as Rohit or Rohet is a town and the tehsil headquarter of Rohat tehsil in Pali district, Rajasthan, India. Rohat is located on Jodhpur-Pali route NH 62. Rohat is a notable place for observing Blackbucks and Siberian Cranes.

Rohat Rohit
City
Rohat Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Rohat Rohat (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25.95°N 73.1333°E / 25.95; 73.1333
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Talukas	Rohat
Government
• Body	Rohat Gram Panchayat
Elevation	201 m (659 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,787
Languages
• Official	Rajasthani, Marwari
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	306421
Telephone code	02932
Vehicle registration	RJ-22
Sex ratio	897 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Pali (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Pali
Civic agency	Rohat Gram Panchayat
Avg. annual temperature	30 °C (86 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	44 °C (111 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	05 °C (41 °F)

History

Rohat was an estate in the Pali pargana of Jodhpur princely state, consisting of 11 villages with an annual revenue of Rs. 18,525. It was held by the Champawat Rathores, specifically the Aaidanot branch and Sagatsinhot sub-branch. The estate was granted to Thakur Dalpat Singh I of the Champawat clan by Maharaja Gaj Singh I of Marwar in 1622. In 1679, during the Mughal conquest of Jodhpur, the estate was confiscated and later regranted in 1706.^[1][2][3]

Demographics

According to Census 2001, population of Rohat tehsil is 102,599, where male are 52,215 and female are 50,384.

Rohat tehsil

Rohat tehsil is in the north west of the Pali district sharing the border with Jodhpur district and Balotra district. Area of the tehsil is about 1407.75 km². There are 79 villages in the tehsil under 23 Gram Panchayats.

Rohat tehsil have a large number of population of cattle (2,60,555 in 1997) and domestic animals likecamel, goat, sheep, buffalo^[4]