·     Churu, the desert city like an oasis, situated in the middle of the shifting golden sand dunes, opens the gate to the great desert of Thar. Geographically, it lies in 28º 18' N latitude and 74º 58' E longitude. Churu has a population of 1,01,874 as per 2001 census. Churu is a junction station on Rewari-Bikaner railway line. The railway track is meter gauge and is being converted to broad gauge. Churu lies on NH 65 and is connected to all major cities by all-weather roads. The town gets drinking water from local wells which are hard and brackish. In the town, area drinking water supply is managed by water dept. of Govt. of Rajasthan. The Govt. is trying to get drinking water for the area from Indira Canal. The main source of irrigation for farmers continues to be rain water and wells at a few places.
To improve infrastructure facilities in the city, proposals for augmentation of Water Supply, Sewerage, etc. of worth 88.48 crores have been tentatively identified by line agency concerned/District Administration. District Collector is working for identifying the total likely investments based on the priority work and deficiencies in the infrastructure sectors in consultation with public representatives including other infrastructure development work like solid waste management, road connectivity, bridges, drainage and development of water bodies work etc.
The various works proposed in Churu are as follows:

Salasar ji

Tal Chhapar

S.No.

Year

Population

Growth Rate %

1.

1971

53,185 souis

27.46

2.

1981

62,070 souls

16.71

3.

1991

82.852 souls

33.48

4.

2001

1,01,874 souls