Tilonia

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Tilonia
village
Tilonia Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Tilonia Tilonia (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°39′N 74°57′E / 26.650°N 74.950°E / 26.650; 74.950
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Ajmer
Founded by	Bunker Roy
Population
• Total	7,500 approx
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN

Tilonia is a village in Ajmer district in Rajasthan, India. It is home of the NGO, Barefoot College, founded by renowned social worker Bunker Roy. Tilonia is also home of eShala.org, Online educational portal co-founded by Kartar Jat. This village has become a model for all remote villages for education, economic and social development.^[1] Tilonia is also known as education hub with its meritorious students in Navoday Vidyalaya and village school. Main occupation is farming but nowadays people are working in Indian Army, NTPC, BSNL, Indian Railway, Police and various other State and Central Government jobs from Group-D to Sr. Manager levels.