Jaipur district | |
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 .jpg)    Clockwise from top-left: Ganesh Pol inAmber Fort,Jal Mahal,Hawa Mahal,Jaigarh Fort,Jantar Mantar inJaipur | |
.svg) Location of Jaipur district in Rajasthan | |
| Coordinates (Jaipur):26°55′34″N75°49′25″E / 26.926°N 75.8235°E /26.926; 75.8235 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Division | Jaipur |
| Headquarters | Jaipur |
| Tehsils | 16[1] |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Prakash Rajpurohit,IAS[2] |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 19[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,143 km2 (4,302 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 6,626,178 |
| • Density | 595/km2 (1,540/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 76% |
| • Sex ratio | 910 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | National Highway 21 (NH-21) National Highway 48 (NH-48) |
| Average annual precipitation | 459.8 mm |
| Website | jaipur |
Jaipur District is a district in thestate ofRajasthan in NorthernIndia.the city ofJaipur, which isRajasthan's capital and the largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India (out of640).[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.
| Sub-divisions | 13 |
| Tehsil | 16 |
| Villages | 2369 |
| Panchayat Samiti (Block) | 13 |
| Gram Panchayat | 489 |
| Nagar Palika | 10 |
| Nagar Nigam | 2 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 944,116 | — |
| 1911 | 889,399 | −0.60% |
| 1921 | 729,878 | −1.96% |
| 1931 | 813,631 | +1.09% |
| 1941 | 926,153 | +1.30% |
| 1951 | 1,186,745 | +2.51% |
| 1961 | 1,508,009 | +2.42% |
| 1971 | 1,993,463 | +2.83% |
| 1981 | 2,802,414 | +3.46% |
| 1991 | 3,887,895 | +3.33% |
| 2001 | 5,251,071 | +3.05% |
| 2011 | 6,626,178 | +2.35% |
| source:[5] | ||
According to the2011 census Jaipur district has apopulation of 6,626,178,[4] roughly equal to the nation ofLibya[7] or the US state ofWashington.[8] This gives it a ranking of 10th in India (out of a total of640).[4] The district has a population density of 598 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,550/sq mi).[4] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.91%.[4] Jaipur has asex ratio of 909females for every 1000 males,[4] and aliteracy 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 the2011 Census of India, 45.85% of the population in the district spokeHindi, 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.[9]
| Climate data for Jaipur | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30 (86) | 32 (90) | 40 (104) | 43 (109) | 45 (113) | 43 (109) | 45 (113) | 39 (102) | 39 (102) | 38 (100) | 37 (99) | 32 (90) | 45 (113) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 26 (79) | 32 (90) | 37 (99) | 40 (104) | 40 (104) | 34 (93) | 32 (90) | 33 (91) | 33 (91) | 29 (84) | 24 (75) | 32 (89) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8 (46) | 11 (52) | 16 (61) | 21 (70) | 25 (77) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 19 (66) | 13 (55) | 9 (48) | 19 (65) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1 (34) | 0 (32) | 5 (41) | 12 (54) | 17 (63) | 21 (70) | 16 (61) | 20 (68) | 19 (66) | 10 (50) | 6 (43) | 3 (37) | 0 (32) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 8 (0.3) | 12 (0.5) | 6 (0.2) | 4 (0.2) | 16 (0.6) | 66 (2.6) | 216 (8.5) | 231 (9.1) | 80 (3.1) | 23 (0.9) | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 668 (26.2) |
| Source: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
Libya 6,597,960
Washington 6,724,540
https://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jaipur/en/about-jaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html#
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