Rajasthan
Rajasthan | |
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 Location o Rajasthan in Indie | |
 Map o Rajasthan | |
| Coordinates (Jaipur): 26°34′22″N 73°50′20″E / 26.57268°N 73.83902°E | |
| Kintra |  Indie |
| Established | 1 November 1956 |
| Caipital | Jaipur |
| Lairgest ceety | Jaipur |
| Destricts | 33 total |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Margaret Alva |
| • Chief Meenister | Ashok Gehlot (INC) |
| • Legislature | Unicameral (200 seats) |
| • Parliamentary constituency | 25 |
| • Heich Court | Rajasthan Heich Court |
| Area | |
| • Total | 342239 km2 (132,139 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 1st |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 68,621,012 |
| • Rank | 8t |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-RJ |
| HDI |  0.637 (medium) |
| HDI rank | 21st (2005) |
| Literacy | 68% (20t) |
| Offeecial leids | Hindi |
| Website | rajasthan.gov.in |
Rājasthān /ˈrɑːdʒəstæn/ (Hindustani pronunciation: [raːdʒəsˈt̪ʰaːn] (
listen)) the land o Rajasthanis, ("the land o keengs"), is the lairgest state o the Republic o Indie bi aurie. It is locatit in the northwast o Indie. It encompasses maist o the aurie o the muckle, inhospitable Great Indie Desert (Thar Desert), which haes an edge parallelin the Sutlej-Indus river valley alang its border wi Pakistan. Rajasthan covers 10.4% o Indie, an aurie o 342,269 square kilometre (132,151 sq mi).
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Gahlot, Sukhvirsingh. 1992. RAJASTHAN: Historical & Cultural. J. S. Gahlot Research Institute, Jodhpur.
- Somani, Ram Vallabh. 1993. History of Rajasthan. Jain Pustak Mandir, Jaipur.
- Tod, James & Crooke, William. 1829. Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India,. Numerous reprints, including 3 Vols. Reprint: Low Price Publications, Delhi. 1990. ISBN 81-85395-68-3 (set of 3 vols.)
- Mathur, P.C., 1995. Social and Economic Dynamics of Rajasthan Politics (Jaipur, Aaalekh)
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Rajasthan on Marwadis.com Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
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- Rajasthan at Curlie
Travel guide tae Rajasthan frae Wikivoyage
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