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Chaksu | |
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Town | |
  Chaksu Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Chaksu Chaksu (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:26°36′N75°57′E / 26.60°N 75.95°E /26.60; 75.95 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Jaipur |
| Constituency | Dausa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| • Body | Nagar Palika |
| Elevation | 297 m (974 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 29,111 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Chaksuis amunicipality inJaipur district in the state ofRajasthan, India. The town is situated at a distance of 40 km from Jaipur on National Highway 52. The town is also one of the 13 tehsil headquarters of Jaipur District. Chaksu is also a legislative assembly seat of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha and the currentMLA of Chaksu is Ramavtar Bairwa.
Gujjars, Meenas and Bairwas are the majority caste in Chaksu and nearby villages.
Chaksu connected via road from Kota-Tonk, Jaipur, Phagi-Dudu, Dausa-Lalsot. Jaipur-Mumbai rail route also passing from Chaksu railway station. Nearest airport is Jaipur International Airport – Jaipur just 25 km from Chaksu.
As of the 2011 Indiacensus,[1] Chaksu tehsil had population of 2,23,634 and Chaksu town had population of 33,432.
