Rajasthan

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Rajasthan
State
State of Rajasthan
Thar desert
Mehrangarh
City Palace, Udaipur
Ghateshwar Temple
Kumbhalgarh
Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam
Ranakpur Jain temple
Amer Fort
Official emblem of Rajasthan
Emblem of Rajasthan
Etymology: Land of Kings
Motto(s): 
Satyameva Jayate
(Truth alone triumphs)
The map of India showing Rajasthan
Location of Rajasthan in India
Coordinates: 26°36′N 73°48′E / 26.6°N 73.8°E / 26.6; 73.8
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
Before wasRajputana Agency
Formation30 March 1949
Capital
and largest city		Jaipur
Districts50 (10 divisions)[1]
Government
 • BodyGovernment of Rajasthan
 • GovernorHaribhau Kisanrao Bagde[2]
 • Chief ministerBhajan Lal Sharma (BJP)
 • Deputy chief ministerDiya Kumari (BJP)
Prem Chand Bairwa (BJP)
State LegislatureUnicameral
 • AssemblyRajasthan Legislative Assembly (200 seats)
National ParliamentParliament of India
 • Rajya Sabha10 seats
 • Lok Sabha25 seats
High CourtRajasthan High Court
Area
 • Total342,239 km2 (132,139 sq mi)
 • Rank1st
Dimensions
 • Length826 km (513 mi)
 • Width869 km (540 mi)
Elevation
[3]
225 m (738 ft)
Highest elevation
(Guru Shikhar[4])
1,722 m (5,650 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Bhim block)
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2011)[5]
 • TotalIncrease 68,548,437
 • Rank7th
 • Density200/km2 (500/sq mi)
 • Urban
24.87%
 • Rural
75.13%
DemonymRajasthani
Language
 • OfficialHindi[6]
 • Additional officialEnglish[6]
 • Official scriptDevanagari script
GDP
[7][not specific enough to verify]
 • Total (2023-24)Increase₹15.28 lakh crore (equivalent to ₹16 trillion or US$190 billion in 2023)
 • Rank7th
 • Per capitaIncrease₹167,964 (equivalent to ₹180,000 or US$2,100 in 2023) (22nd)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-RJ
Vehicle registrationRJ
HDI (2018)Increase 0.629 Medium[8] (22nd)
Literacy (2011)Increase 66.11%[9] (33rd)
Sex ratio (2021)1009♀/1000 ♂[10] (30th)
Websiterajasthan.gov.in
Symbols of Rajasthan
Emblem of Rajasthan
BirdGodawan
FlowerRohida
MammalCamel and Chinkara[11]
TreeKhejri
State highway mark
State highway of Rajasthan
RJ SH1 -RJ SH138
List of Indian state symbols

Rajasthan (/rɑːdʒəˈstɑːn/; Hindi: [raːdʒəsˈtʰaːn] ⓘ; lit. 'Land of Kings')[12] is a state in northwestern India.[13][14][15] It covers 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°.3' to 30°.12' North latitude and 69°.30' to 78°.17' East longitude, with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip.

Its major features include the ruins of the Indus Valley civilisation at Kalibangan and Balathal, the Dilwara Temples, a Jain pilgrimage site at Rajasthan's only hill station, Mount Abu, in the ancient Aravalli mountain range and eastern Rajasthan, the Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur, a World Heritage Site[16] known for its bird life. Rajasthan is also home to three national tiger reserves, the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar and the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve in Kota.

The State of Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949 when the states of the Rajputana Agency of the erstwhile British Empire in India were merged into the new Indian Union. Its capital and largest city is Jaipur. Other important cities are Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Ajmer, Bharatpur and Udaipur. The economy of Rajasthan is the seventh-largest state economy in India with ₹10.20 lakh crore (US$120 billion) in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of ₹118,000 (US$1,400).[17] Rajasthan ranks 22nd among Indian states in human development index.[8]

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