Churu, Rajasthan
It lies in the Thar Desert on the National Highway 52 connecting Sangrur to Ankola and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner.Near the town is a religious seat of the Nath sect of Sadhus where there are life-size marble statues of their deities and a place for prayers.Churu was founded by a Jat chief of Nain clan, Chaudhary Chuhru Singh in 16th century.As about eight Tehsils lie in Churu district with more than 900 villages along with 248 panchayats and about two million population, the economy of the town and surrounding area is mainly based on animal husbandry and hand embroidery work done by women.The very few small-scale industries are granite slabs and tiles, cutting and polishing, and mustard seed crushing.Phoge and Kair bushes and Khejri/Khejra (Prosopis cineraria), Royara and Babul trees are mainly found on the sand dunes.[citation needed] Churu has a hot semi arid climate (Koppen: BSh), getting most of its rain during the monsoon season in the summer.The region boasts record temperatures ranging from below freezing point in the winters to over 50 degrees in the summer afternoons.Before dawn in the months of December and January one may not be surprised to notice ice in small waterpots or frozen water dews on the little vegetation.As per the provisional reports of the census of India, the population of Churu in 2011 is 119,846, constituting 61,771 males and 58,075 females respectively.Churu lies on NH 52 and is connected to all major cities (Kaithal) by all-weather roads.