About Abu Road in , Abu Road

Abu Road is a city and municipality in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in western India. It is the tehsil headquarters of Abu Road Tehsil by that name. It lies southeast of Mount Abu and its railway station is an important stop on the main Indian Railways line between Delhi and Ahmedabad. Mount Abu is 27 km up the hill from Abu Road.HistoryThe old name of Abu Road city was Kharadi. The Rajputana Malwa Railway set up the railway station here on December 30, 1880, and the station was named Abu Road. The road to Mount Abu was built in 1845, during the rule of Maharao Shiv Singh of Sirohi.GeographyAbu Road is located at on the banks of river west banas. It has an average elevation of 263m. The Abu Road city is also known as the industrial town in the Sirohi DistrictDemographicsAs of the 2011 India census, Abu Road had a population of 55599. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Abu Road has an average literacy rate of 80.81%, higher than the state average of 66.11%.89.63% of the males and 70.97% of females are literate. 11.89% of the population is under 6 years of age.ClimateAbu Road enjoys all types of weather. In Summer, it's hot and humid with an average temperature of 40 Degrees with hot sandy winds. However just before monsoon it becomes hot along with humidity. During the rainy season aburoad receives a persistent and ample amount of rainfall compared to rest of the Rajasthan.In Winter, it's 7 to 14 degrees, which is quite cold as compared to other cities in Rajasthan and in Monsoon, the average rainfall is about 14 to 20 inches per season.

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