Jaipur district explained

Jaipur district
Settlement Type:District of Rajasthan
Total Type:Total
Coor Pinpoint:Jaipur
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rajasthan
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Jaipur
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Jaipur
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
P1:16[1]
Area Total Km2:11143
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:6,626,178
Population Density Km2:595
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Literacy
Demographics1 Info1:76%
Demographics1 Title2:Sex ratio
Demographics1 Info2:910
Leader Title:District collector
Leader Name:Prakash Rajpurohit, IAS[2]
Leader Title2:Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Leader Name2:19[3]
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30
Blank Name Sec1:Major highways
Blank Info Sec1:National Highway 21 (NH-21)
National Highway 48 (NH-48)
Blank Name Sec2:Average annual precipitation
Blank Info Sec2:459.8 mm

Jaipur District is a district in the state of Rajasthan in Northern India. Jaipur district is dominated by gurjar community. the city of Jaipur, which is Rajasthan's capital and the largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India (out of 640).[4]

Divisions

Being the state capital, Jaipur has a Legislative Assembly. The 13 Sub-divisions in district are:

Panchayat Samitis are:

Tehsils are: 3 new tehsils have recently been added, earlier there were 13 tehsils and now 16.

13
16
2369
13
489
10
2

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jaipur district has a population of 6,626,178,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Libya[5] or the US state of Washington.[6] This gives it a ranking of 10th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 598PD/sqkm.[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.91%.[4] Jaipur has a sex ratio of 909 females for every 1000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 76.44%. 52.40% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.14% and 7.97% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 45.85% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 34.44% Rajasthani, 11.31% Dhundari, 2.74% Urdu, 2.52% Marwari, 1.21% Sindhi, 0.42% Punjabi and 0.41% Bengali as their first language.[7]

Culture

Notable personalities

Climate


See also

References

https://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jaipur/en/about-jaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html#

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub-Divisions/Panchayat Samitis/Tehsils . 2016-12-29 . 2016 .
  2. Web site: Jaipur Administration . Jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in . 22 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Assembly Constituencies of Jaipur district . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221235824/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CRaj_Maps%5Cac_jaipur.pdf . dead . 21 December 2013 . 28 February 2012 . 2012 . gisserver1.nic.in/ .
  4. Web site: District Census Handbook 2011 - Jaipur. Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead . 13 June 2007 . 1 October 2011 . Libya 6,597,960.
  6. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data . U. S. Census Bureau . 30 September 2011 . Washington 6,724,540 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php . 19 October 2013 .
  7. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan. censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  8. News: हेमंत को बिरला फाउंडेशन के बिहारी पुरस्कार . Dainik Jagran. Jagran Prakashan Ltd.. hi. 8 September 2011.