Sankarna
Sankarna | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Sankarna Location in Rajasthan, India  Sankarna Sankarna (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°21′35″N 72°41′40″E / 25.35972°N 72.69444°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Jalore |
| Tehsil | Ahore |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,359 ha (5,830 acres) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,461 |
Sankarna (सांकरणा ) is a village in Jalor district of Rajasthan. It is located in the south of Rajasthan, 10 km from district headquarters.[1][2][3][4]
Sankarna is a popular village in Ahore tehsil. It is predominated by four sub-castes of Rajpurohit community: Raigur, Fondar, Daival, Udesh, among others. The village is internally divided into two; chota vaas (small enclave) and bada vaas (large enclave). The division is solely geographical. They are further divided into several lineages that ghetto in specific parts of the village, concentrating around a landmark meeting point (pols). But these divisions are insignificant in reference to social practices like marriage, funeral, among other activities.[5]
It comes under the Ahore constituency for the legislative assembly and Jalore-Sirohi for the parliamentary seat. The dominant profession is trading. Agriculture used to be the common profession which is thinning out lately. Public services is a new avenue its people are pursuing. Sankarna's football team comes first at the district level every time. Gair-dance is famous here, which is done by all people at night.[6]
History
Sankarna is identified with Sakarne, where the army of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji, led by his generals Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan, halted after its raid on Gujarat in 1299. The Mongol soldiers of Alauddin's army mutined overpayment of khums during the halt. At that time, Sankarna was a part of the Jalore kingdom. According to the 17th-century chronicler Munhot Nainsi's Nainsi ri Khyat, the rebels were aided by the local ruler Kanhadadeva, but the veracity of this claim is doubtful, as Nainsi incorrectly mentions that Alauddin was personally present at the location of the mutiny.[7]
In 1311, the Jalore kingdom was captured by Alauddin Khalji.[8] It subsequently became part of several kingdoms and empires. Before the independence of India in 1947, it came under the jurisdiction of Jodhpur State.
References
- ^ "Sankarna Village Population - Ahore - Jalor, Rajasthan". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ News, India TV. "Sankarna Pin Code | Postal Code (Zip Code) of Sankarna, Jalor, Rajasthan, India". India TV News. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ english. "Sankarna Pin Code - 343001, All Post Office Areas PIN Codes, Search jalor Post Office Address". ABP Live. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Rajasthan: 'रोते घूमने से भाजपा की सीट नहीं आएगी', ग्रामीणों ने जालौर में विकास रथ रोका, एलईडी टीवी बंद कराई". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Area, pincode and population of Sankarna village in Ahore tehsil of Jalor, Rajasthan, India based on census of India 2011". Village in India. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "छात्र संघ पदाधिकारियों को छात्र हित में तत्पर रहने की नसीहत". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ Kishori Saran Lal (1950). History of the Khaljis (1290-1320). Allahabad: The Indian Press. p. 136. OCLC 685167335.
- ^ Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. Rupa&co. ISBN 8129118785.