History of Baran

Baran city was under Solanki Rajputs in the 14th -15th century.It is not exactly known that when the main town of the twelve villages under Solanki's was being named as 'Baran'. There areseveral thoughts for it, like some says since it was formed by twelve villages so it is called 'Baran', others says since the city was built by the 12 nearby villagers so it is named as
'Baran'. There are also saying that since the soils of the area is mostly 'Barani' so it is called 'Baran'. In the year 1948,joint Rajasthan was formed and that time Baran was one of the
districts in the joint Rajasthan. On 31st March' 1949, Rajasthan was reconstituted and that time Baran district headquarters was converted into Sub Division headquater of Kota district. It is also worth noting that 'Baran' in urdu means rain and no wonder that Baran has the second highest rainfall in the state after Banswara district.

Baran was a part of Kota district till 1991. On April 10, 1991, it was declared to be a separate district. The district got its name from the existing Baran city which is also presently the district headquarters.

Baran district comes under Jhalawar-Baran parliamentary constituency and is further divided into four assembly constituencies – Anta, Baran-Atru, Kishanganj and Chhabra. Eight Tehsils fall under this district namely Anta, Baran, Atru, Chhabra, Mangrol, Kishanganj, Shahabad and Chhipabarod. It is spread across 6992 sq km area but only 82.18 sq km of it is urban. Rest of the district comes under the rural category.

As per Census 2001, Baran’s total population was calculated to be 10, 21,653. The district has a vast scope of development for agro-based industries.