Katli River

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Katli River on Jhunjhunu district Map

Katli River is a rainfed seasonal river of Sikar and Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India.

Variants

• Katli river
• Katli
• Kantli

Origin

Katli River originates in the hills near Ganeshwar village in Neem Ka Thana Tehsil of Sikar District in Rajasthan..

Course

It originates from Aravalli Range and empties in center of its Inland drainage basin in northwest region of Churu district. Katli River flows through Khandela tahsil fo Sikar district, Udaipurwati, Jhunjhunu and Chirawa tahsils of Jhunjhunu district. It flows upto village Mandrela near the border of Churu district. Its length is little more than a hundred Kilometers and mostly flows through Jhunjhunu District for entire of its length. The Katli river is the main source of coarse sand used for construction in its nearby region.

Ganeshwar civilization

Ganeshwar is a village in Neem Ka Thana Tehsil in the Sikar District. Excavations have revealed ancient sites, with remains of a 4000 years old civilization. The site is located at source of river Katali, which used to join river Drishadvati, near Soni-Bhadra on the north.

Historian Ratan Lal Mishra wrote that, Red pottery with black portraiture was found which is estimated to be belonging to 2500–2000 BC was found when Ganeshwar was excavated in 1977.

Ganeshwar is located near the copper mines of the Sikar-Jhunjhunu area of the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan. It mainly supplied copper objects to Harappa.

Copper objects, microliths & pottery were found throughout the deposits.

Copper objects included arrowheads, spearheads, fish hooks, bangles and chisels. Microliths, discovered here, represent a highly evolved geometric industry, the principal tool-types being blunted-back blades, obliquely-blunted blades, lunates, triangles and points. The raw materials employed for the industry include quartz, garnet, and occasionally jasper. The Pottery found represents OCP culture and includes storage jars, vases, basins, bowls, lids and miniature pots.

काटली नदी

काटली नदी का उद्गम स्थल राजस्थान के सीकर जिले के गणेश्वर की पहाडिय़ां हैं। इस नदी का पानी मिट्टी का विशेष तरह से कटाव करते हुए आगे बढ़ता है। इसलिए इसे काटली नदी कहा जाता है। काटली नदी का बहाव क्षेत्र सीकर जिले के खंडेला व झुंझुनूं जिले के उदयपुरवाटी, झुंझुनूं व चिड़ावा उपखण्ड के दर्जनों से होकर चूरू जिले की सीमा पर स्थित झुंझुनूं जिले के गांव मंड्रेला तक है। काटली नदी को पूरे वैग के साथ बहे और मंड्रेला तक में प्रवेश किए वर्षों हो गए। बारिश कम होना, नदी के जलग्रहण क्षेत्र में अतिक्रम और बजरी खनन के लिए गहरे खड्डे होना है। इस वजह से काटली नदी सीकर जिले में ही सिमटकर रह जाती है।

References

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