ninety-two dams, of which three are broken: one each at Gajni, Potalia and Chipatia. The total catchment area of all the dams is . In 1990, the capacity of the 89 dams was 20,197.3 million cubic feet. There are 48 dams in the district, named with completion date where known: Some of the reservoirs created by the dams are used for irrigation, potable water, and flood control. Jawai Dam is the largest dam in western Rajasthan. Transport The only two modes of travel available in the district are roadways and railways. Almost all of the villages are connected by roads. There are two depots of government-owned state transport: Pali and Falna. The only railway junction in the district is Marwar Junction, which is connected to Jodhpur, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, and Udaipur. Pali railway station is on the Jodhpur route while the second highest earning railway station in the Ajmer division, Falna is on the Ahmedabad route. The district received the railway in the early age of Indian Railways in 1881 when the Ahmedabad-Ajmer line opened at Rajputana State Railway. Pali was connected to Marwar Junction on 24 June 1882 and to Luni on 17 June 1884. Jodhpur was connected to the district via Luni in 1885 by the Rajputana-Malwa Railway network, and the first train traveled on this route on 9 March 1885. The line later became part of the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. The Phulera-Marwar Junction line was converted from Meter Gauge to Broad Gauge in 1995, while the Ahmedabad-Ajmer line was converted in 1997. During 1997–98, the 72 km Jalore-Falna route was also surveyed by Indian Railways. Demographics According to the 2011 census Pali district has a population of 2,037,573, giving it a ranking of 255th out of 640. This gives it a ranking of 225th in India (out of a total of 640). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.99%. Pali had a sex ratio of 987 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 63.23%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 19.54% and 7.10% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 63.07% of the population spoke Rajasthani, 32.34% Marwari and 2.86% Hindi as their first language. Notable people Meera Bai Maharana Pratap Adho Duraso Kushal_Singh_of_Auwa Vipul Goyal See also Kharchia wheat References External links Geographical features Official website Districts of Rajasthan Districts in Jodhpur division