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'''Borunda''' is a town in [[Bilara|Bilada]] tahsil of [[Jodhpur district]] in Rajasthan. It is famous as the home of the [[Rupayan Sansthan]] and its founder [[Vijaydan Detha]], well known writer and [[Folklore studies|folklorist]].

== Geography ==
Borunda is located at {{Coord|26|28|4|N|73|48|18|E}}.

== Demographics ==
Census 2011:-<ref>{{cite web |title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional) |url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |publisher=Census Commission of India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archivedate=2004-06-16 |accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Particulars
!Total
!Male
!Female
|-
|Total No. of Houses
|2,773
| –
| –
|-
|Population
|15,480
|8,043
|7,437
|-
|Child (0–6)
|2,390
|1,293
|1,097
|-
|Schedule Caste
|3,178
|1,653
|1,525
|-
|Schedule Tribe
|50
|25
|25
|-
|Literacy
|61.47%
|76.30%
|45.69%
|-
|Total Workers
|6,250
|4,068
|2,182
|-
|Main Worker
|4,999
| –
| –
|-
|Marginal Worker
|1,251
|494
|757
|}

== History ==
Various communities lived in Borunda village, including the locally dominant [[Rajput]] and [[Charan]]. In the pre-independence period, the inter-rivalry and [[feud]]s between Rajputs and Charans had led to several murders and displacement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Timberg |first=Thomas A. |date=1981 |title=Berunda: A Case of Exhausted Development |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4369557 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=16 |issue=8 |pages=265 |jstor=4369557 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

Post-independence, the village pulled together under the long time leadership of [[Chandi Dan Detha|Chandidan Detha]], the long-time [[Sarpanch]] of Borunda.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H31CAAAAYAAJ |title=Yojana |date=1968 |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |language=en}}</ref>

== Agricultural advances in Borunda ==
Starting in 1948, an innovating group of farmers centering on the [[Detha]] family begun using a large diesel- operated [[Tube well|tubewell]] going down 100–150 feet. In Borunda, the first [[tractor]] was purchased in 1954 and by 1960, the number rose to 17.<ref name="Research 1964">{{Cite book |last=Research |first=National Council of Applied Economic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZs1AQAAIAAJ |title=Agriculture and Livestock in Rajasthan |date=1964 |publisher=National Council of Applied Economic Research |language=en}}</ref> It was noted that the village progressed in field of agriculture despite no government cooperative inducement being applied till 1970. By 1970, one third of the village was irrigated and reaping the fruits of exploiting the resulting opportunities to grow [[High-yielding variety|HYV]] seeds.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Charan]]s of Borunda became well known in the filed of agriculture.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garcia |first1=Carol Henderson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CaRVePXX6vEC |title=Culture and Customs of India |last2=Henderson |first2=Carol E. |date=2002 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-30513-9 |language=en |quote="gave up this work and became farmers , though few were as successful as the Charans of Borunda village"}}</ref>

In 1970s, whereas in other regions of [[Jodhpur district|Jodhpur]], scattered plots were being irrigated through [[Saqiyah|Persian wheels]] or tanks constructed long ago by local rulers in Raj era, in Borunda the entire village floated on water due to adoption of tubewells.<ref name=":0" />

Additionally, Borunda had sweet [[Groundwater|ground water]] available in [[Limestone|lime stone]] formation and filled valleys. The extensive use of this ground water changed the landuse pattern of the village, particularly during the [[Green Revolution in India|green revolution]] phase. It also pushed up the economy of the village as a whole.<ref name="Research 1964"/>

However, by 1980, large tubewells of the 1960s were abandoned and now each of the 100 plus farmers had his own tubewell, but the total amount of irrigated acreage had decreased. Morever, [[Power outage|power cuts]] became regular and forced farmers who had run their tubewells for 16–24 hours a day to 8–12 hours a day, thus decreasing productivity.<ref name=":0" />

== Rupayan Sansthan ==
In 1961, the resulting prosperity of Borunda led to the foundation of Rupayan Sansthan by Vijaydan Detha and Komal Kothari. This village-based institution is known for conserving and studying [[Culture of Rajasthan|Rajasthani folk culture]]. The institution supported the publication of folk tales, and a journal.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gold |first=Ann Grodzins |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAMo1TMH6iYC |title=Fruitful Journeys: The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims |date=1990 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-06959-6 |language=en}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Chandi Dan Detha]]
* [[Komal Kothari]]
* [[Vijaydan Detha]]

== Further reading ==

* Timberg, Thomas A. (1981). "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4369557 Berunda: A Case of Exhausted Development]". ''Economic and Political Weekly''. '''16''' (8): 265–265. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 0012-9976.

== References ==
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{{Jodhpur district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Jodhpur district]]
[[Category:Charan]]

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Ajay Kumar at 17:37, 23 July 2023