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]
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.
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16 | ||
2369 | ||
13 | ||
489 | ||
10 | ||
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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]
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]
https://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jaipur/en/about-jaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html#