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Nithar is a interior village of tehsil-Bhusawar in Bharatpur district. It is a historical village which has a number of ancient monuments such as CHATARIS , BAWALI'S ( step well ), PALACES , TEMPLEs and ruins of FORTS above the hills of Aravalis. The village is inhabitated in the lap of Aravalis Hills.The place was ruled by the king 'REETH PAAL' , the brother of king VIJAY PAAL of Bayana in early mideval age. The village came under the rule of jat king SURAJMAL in medival age and durring this period 7 Bawalis ,number of Chataris and Temples along with gardens owned by various communities such as Meenas, Jatav,Vaish,Brahamins, preist, etc. were constructed. The remains of these historical structures can still be seen in the village. The pal king Reethpal after whose name the name of this village kept, constructed a fort on the hill and also the temple of MAA HINGLAAJ and BHARRON to keep watch on the the activities of the enemies to provide robust safety to his kingdom.
it is believed that this particular village was earlier inhabitated by Gujjar community who had given shelter to a Meena Lady, who was forced to leave her native place by Rajput community after killing all her clan members in the early mideveal age. The said lady gave birth to two sons who by their wisdom and itelligence along with the help of local deity (GRAM DEVTA) inhabitated the village by their own clan. The village is now dominated by MEENA community who are sucessors of those two brothers. Later on an another group of Meena's joined the clan of theses two brothers which made meena as the largest population of this village. Beside Meena's the village also inhabitated by Bhramins,Baniyas,jatav,Khatis,Luhar,Sunar,Khteek etc.The total population of the village is around 12000 in 2011.
Recently a lot of development activities have taken place which interalia includes constuction of a major district road connecting to jaipur via Mahaua , Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalayaa boarding school upto class 6-12, a senior secondary school for girls and a senior secondary school of girls and boys. The village is also a Primary Health Centre and a Vetenarary Hospital for Livestock.
The village is situated in MADA AREAS and is facing accute shortage of water that is for irrigation as well as drinking water. Some steps have been taken by government to provide drinking water but these are not sfficient to meet the need of all the people. An integrated approach is needed to provide drinking water faclity to the village . Beside this panchayat should also construct ANI-CUT and Band etc.to conserve water to improve water level in the irrigation well . Now these days Nithar as known as" AADARSH GRAM NITHAR".
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