Lakheri

Lakheri is located at 25.67°N 76.17°E / 25.67; 76.17.[2] It is located in southeast Rajsthan, a region widely known as Hadoti, the land of the Hadas. The River Mez passes through outskirts of Lakheri,[3] and serves as the main water source for the city. It has an average elevation of 252 metres (827 ft).[2] Lakheri has fertile land and greenery with irrigation supplied through a series of canals. The city is surrounded on three sides by small hills of Vidhyan range. There is a water pump house on the River Mez built by Lakheri's cement works ACC Limited. The Mez dam is also on the river near Lakheri.A small water reservoir and a zigzag dam has been constructed to storing rainwater near the town.

Apart from these, there is a small pond named Mahesh Sagar located in the town.[4] Bundi, the district headquarters Bundi is 65 kilometres (40 mi) by bus and Kota is 75 kilometres (47 mi) from the town.

As of the 2011 Indian census,[10] Lakheri had a population of 29,572. Males numbered 15,222 (51%), females 14,350 (49%). Lakheri had an average literacy rate of 76.87%, higher than the state average of 66.11%: male literacy was 89.8%, and female literacy was 63.265%. In Lakheri, 13% of the population (3,844) was under six years of age.

Harauti, a dialect of Rajasthani is widely spoken in Lakheri, with Hindi and English being the other languages spoken.[11]

According to the 2011 census, Hinduism is the majority religion in the city practised by about 83.2% of the population. Muslims form large minorities (14.07%) followed by Jains (1.34%), Sikhs (0.9%) and Christians (0.4%).[12]

The city lies in between the main Delhi - Mumbai line. More than 1000 travelers commute daily from Lakheri to Kota, Jaipur and many other large cities by local train like Dehradun express, Avadh express, Firozpur janta express train. The city was previously bypassed by Indian Railway, which did not provide any passenger train stops. Gradually, train stops have been added, such as Kota Shriganganagar SF, Jodhpur Indore SF, but continuous urge for stoppage of dayodaya SF and jaipur-mumbai SF has been neglected by Railway Board.

City is also connected to Bundi through SH29 and to Kota and Jaipur through SH1. Bus service in the city is in poor condition as Rajasthan Roadways has no routine bus service and no express, silver line or blue line buses.Two couple of buses one from kota and one from baran to jaipur passes through the town.Although private travellers' buses between indergarh and kota comes every half an hour.

City is looking forward for development as the bharatmala project Delhi-Mumbai route is planned to pass through outskirt of lakheri.

There is a shortage of medical facilities in the city, except for the presence of the following:

1. Government community health centre
2. ACC hospital
3. Saxena nursing home
4. Other private practitioners

The government and private schools in the city are affiliated with either the Central Board of Secondary Education or Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan and follow a 10+2 plan. The medium of instruction is either English or Hindi. Kota, the zonal headquarters near Lakheri is known as an education city.

"Sankalp": Head Office of Allen Career Institute

Gaurav Tower at Bansal Classes

In the past decade the city has emerged as a popular coaching destination for competitive examspreparation and for-profit educational services. The education sector of Kota has become a major contributor to the city's economy.[13] Kota is popularly referred to as "the coaching capital of India".[14][15] Over 1.5 lakh students from all over the country flock every year to the city to preparation for various exams such as Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET-UG) and AIIMS etc.[16][17][18][19] Many hostels and PGs for students are located in Kota in the vicinity of the coaching centres. Students live here for 2–3 years and prepare for their exams. In the past few years, reports of students committing suicide in the city have increased. According to these reports, students feel stressed and are pressured to crack their target competitive exam. To help students cope, many coaching centres have appointed counselors to help them.[20][21][22][23]

1. Maharaja Moolsingh College, Lakheri

LAKHERI MOVIE MAKERS[24] is a videography and video editing production founded by lakheri based boys Pawan Sharma and Abhinav Meena in year 2014. In year 2017 Lakheri Movie Makers made a documentary LAKHERI DARSHAN[25] which was a social attempt to avail the natural, religious, historical tourism spots and industries of town Lakheri. Lakheri Darshan was directed by Pawan Sharma and the facts regarding documentary was obtained from related persons, internet and book Lakheri Picchaley Panney.