India’s first regional Pearl Millet research centre becomes operational in Rajasthan’s Gudamalani Balotra
Reported by The Times of India.
Majal observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Majal ranks #7 of 60 villages in Samdari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Majal is a village of 3,598 people in 665 households (Census 2011) in Samdari tehsil, Balotra district, Rajasthan, the 7th-largest of 60 villages in Samdari tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Balotra district centre, 34 km from Siwana, the nearest town, 6 km from Ajit railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 344021, served by Samdari post office; the LGD village code is 87635. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Majal, <1 km away. The population is estimated at 4,242 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Majal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majal · this village | 3,598 | 50% | — |
| Math Kharantiya · Samdari | 10 | 50% | 3.3 km NE |
| Laleeya · Samdari | 709 | 56% | 3.9 km W |
| Paton Ka Bara · Samdari | 1,552 | 56% | 4.5 km N |
| Roli · Gudha Malani | 1,521 | 43% | 5.5 km W |
| Joodi · Gudha Malani | 460 | 42% | 5.5 km W |
| Kooda · Gudha Malani | 407 | 50% | 5.5 km W |
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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