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Rani | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 25°22′N 73°18′E / 25.37°N 73.3°E | |
Country | India |
State | Rajasthan |
District | Pali |
Government | |
• Body | Rani Municipality, Rani Tehsil, Rani Panchayat Bhawan |
Elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 13,880 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Marwari |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 306115 |
Telephone code | 02934 |
Vehicle registration | RJ-22 |
Sex ratio | 1.06 ♂/♀ |
Website | www |
Rani is a town and municipality and tehsil of Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.[2] It lies on the banks of Sukri River (a seasonal river) , a tributary of the Luni River. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Delhi railway line. Some nearby villages are Beejowa,Itendra Medtian,etc.
Rani-Station is the nearest railhead to Shri Parswanath Jain Vidyalaya at Varkana and Shri Ashapura Mata Temple Nadol kasuli. Some Jain temples are thousand year old. The temples are at distance of 7 km from Rani. In Rani itself the Sai Dham Temple, Shri Astapadh Jain Tirth are visitor attraction. Rani-Station has many small scale industries & Late Shri Nathraj Hingarh was pioneer in progress of small scale industries in Rani-Station.
Around 1940 Rani initially was only Railway station on Bombay Baroda Central Indian Railway (BB&CI).
There is a local god named ' Mamaji '. It is said that he didn't allow the Britishers to lay track on his temple area.