Jaipur district
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Clockwise from top-left: Ganesh Pol in Amber Fort, Jal Mahal, Hawa Mahal, Jaigarh Fort, Jantar MantarinJaipur
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Location of Jaipur district in Rajasthan
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| Coordinates (Jaipur): 26°55′34″N 75°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]
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| • 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 the stateofRajasthan in Northern India. 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.
| 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 the 2011 census Jaipur district has a population of 6,626,178,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Libya[7] or the US state of Washington.[8] This gives it a ranking of 10th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 598 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,550/sq mi).[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 of Jaipur district (2011)[9]
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.[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) |
| Average precipitation 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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