Jalor

Jalor, also spelled Jalore or Jhalore, town, southwestern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies just south of the Sukri River, which is a tributary of the Luni River.

Jalor was a medieval stronghold that served as the 12th-century capital of the Cauhan Rajputs (the warrior rulers of the historic region of Rajputana). It was captured about 1310 by the Delhi sultan ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khaljī. An 11th-century hill fort overlooks the town. Jalor is connected by road with Jodhpur and is the agricultural market for the surrounding area. It has a government college affiliated with the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur.

The surrounding area comprises a semifertile region drained by the Luni River and its tributaries. In the eastern portion are scattered outliers of the Aravalli Range. Tube wells irrigate the region’s bajra (pearl millet), oilseed, and sesame crops. Pop. (2001) 44,830; (2011) 54,081.