Jaipur district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Jaipur|disambiguation|Jaipur (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jaipur district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Rajasthan|District of Rajasthan]]
| total_type = Total
| image_map = Rajastan Jaipur district.png
| map_caption = Location of Jaipur district in Rajasthan
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.926|75.8235|region:IN-RJ_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint = Jaipur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = Jaipur Division
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jaipur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 16<ref name="Sub-Divisions/Panchayat Samitis/Tehsils" >{{cite web | url = http://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jaipur/en/about-jaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html# | title = Sub-Divisions/Panchayat Samitis/Tehsils | access-date = 2016-12-29 | year = 2016 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 11152
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 6,626,178<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/Raj/7-popu-10-19.pdf | title = Name Census 2011, Rajasthan data | access-date = 2012-12-29 | year = 2012 | publisher = censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 76%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 910
| leader_title = [[District collector]]
| leader_name = Antar Singh Nehra
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = <ref name="Jaipur district Assembly Constituencies" >{{cite web | url = http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CRaj_Maps%5Cac_jaipur.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131221235824/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CRaj_Maps%5Cac_jaipur.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 December 2013 | title = Assembly Constituencies of Jaipur district | access-date = 28 February 2012 | year = 2012 | publisher = gisserver1.nic.in/ }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = National Highway 11 (NH-11), National Highway 8 (NH-8)
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 459.8 mm
| website = {{URL|http://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/}}
}}

[[Image:Map rajasthan dist num blank.png|350px|right|thumb|27. Jaipur district in Rajasthan]]

'''Jaipur District''' is a district of the [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]] in Northern [[India]]. The city of [[Jaipur]], which is Rajasthan's capital and largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India (out of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==Divisions==

Being the state capital, Jaipur has a Legislative Assembly. There 13 Sub-divisions in district are:
* [[Jaipur]]
* [[Amer, India|Amber]]
* [[Bassi, India|Bassi]]
* [[Chaksu]]
* [[Chomu]]
* [[Mauzmabad]]
* [[Jamwa Ramgarh]]
* [[Phagi]]
* [[Phulera]]
* [[Kotputli]]
* [[Sanganer]]
* [[Shahpura, Jaipur|Shahpura]]
* [[Viratnagar]]

'''[[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Panchayat Samitis]]''' are:
* [[Amer, India|Amber]]
* [[Bassi, India|Bassi]]
* [[Chaksu]]
* [[Govindgarh, Rajasthan|Govindgarh]]
* [[Dudu, Rajasthan|Dudu]]
* [[Jamwa Ramgarh]]
* [[Phagi]]
* [[Sambhar, Rajasthan|Sambhar]]
* [[Jhotwara]]
* [[Kotputli]]
* [[Shahpura, Jaipur|Shahpura]]
* [[Sanganer]]
* [[Viratnagar]]

'''[[Tehsils]]''' are:
* [[Amer, India|Amber]]
* [[Bassi, India|Bassi]]
* [[Chaksu]]
* [[Chomu]]
* [[Dudu, Rajasthan|Dudu]]
* [[Jamwa Ramgarh]]
* [[Phagi]]
* [[Sambhar, Rajasthan|Sambhar]]
* [[Jaipur]]
* [[Kotputli]]
* [[Shahpura, Jaipur|Shahpura]]
* [[Sanganer]]
* [[Viratnagar]]
* [[Kotkhawada, Kishangarh-Renwal and Maujamabad, paota have recently been added, earlier there were 13 tehsils and now 16.]]

{| class="wikitable"
| [[Sub- divisions of India|Sub-divisions]] || 13
|-
| [[Tehsil]] || 16
|-
| [[Villages]] || 2369
|-
| [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)]] || 13
|-
| [[Gram Panchayat]] || 489
|-
| [[Nagar Palika]] || 10
|-
| [[Nagar Nigam]] || 1
|}

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=9,44,116|13=1911|14=8,89,399|15=1921|16=7,29,878|17=1931|18=8,13,631|19=1941|20=9,26,153|21=1951|22=11,86,745|23=1961|24=15,08,009|25=1971|26=19,93,463|27=1981|28=28,02,414|29=1991|30=38,87,895|31=2001|32=52,51,071|33=2011|34=66,26,178|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}{{bar box
|title=Religion in Jaipur District
|titlebar=#F6F6F6
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|Hinduism|orange|93}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|2.89}}
{{bar percent|Jainism|grey|3}}
{{bar percent|Christianity|blue|0.47}}
{{bar percent|Buddhism|yellow|0.03}}
{{bar percent|other religions|grey|0.53}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Jaipur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 6,626,178,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Libya]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Libya 6,597,960
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Washington 6,724,540
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 10th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 598 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.91%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jaipur has a [[sex ratio]] of 909 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 76.44%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 94.75% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 2.74% [[Urdu]], 1.21% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], 0.42% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and 0.41% [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Culture==

===Notable personalities===
* [[Hemant Shesh]] (1952- ) Writer and civil servant. Born in [[Jaipur]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/sahitya/?page=article&articleid=2403&category=7|title=हेमंत को बिरला फाउंडेशन के बिहारी पुरस्कार |work=[[Dainik Jagran]]|publisher=Jagran Prakashan Ltd.|language=hi|access-date=8 September 2011}}</ref>

== Climate ==
<br />{{Weather box
|location = Jaipur
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 30
|Feb record high C = 32
|Mar record high C = 40
|Apr record high C = 43
|May record high C = 45
|Jun record high C = 43
|Jul record high C = 45
|Aug record high C = 39
|Sep record high C = 39
|Oct record high C = 38
|Nov record high C = 37
|Dec record high C = 32
|year record high C = 45
|Jan high C = 23
|Feb high C = 26
|Mar high C = 32
|Apr high C = 37
|May high C = 40
|Jun high C = 40
|Jul high C = 34
|Aug high C = 32
|Sep high C = 33
|Oct high C = 33
|Nov high C = 29
|Dec high C = 24
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 8
|Feb low C = 11
|Mar low C = 16
|Apr low C = 21
|May low C = 25
|Jun low C = 27
|Jul low C = 26
|Aug low C = 24
|Sep low C = 23
|Oct low C = 19
|Nov low C = 13
|Dec low C = 9
|year low C =
|Jan record low C = 1
|Feb record low C = 0
|Mar record low C = 5
|Apr record low C = 12
|May record low C = 17
|Jun record low C = 21
|Jul record low C = 16
|Aug record low C = 20
|Sep record low C = 19
|Oct record low C = 10
|Nov record low C = 6
|Dec record low C = 3
|year record low C = 0
|Jan precipitation mm = 8
|Feb precipitation mm = 12
|Mar precipitation mm = 6
|Apr precipitation mm = 4
|May precipitation mm = 16
|Jun precipitation mm = 66
|Jul precipitation mm = 216
|Aug precipitation mm = 231
|Sep precipitation mm = 80
|Oct precipitation mm = 23
|Nov precipitation mm = 3
|Dec precipitation mm = 3
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 =BBC Weather
|date=October 2011}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
https://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jaipur/en/about-jaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html#

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://jaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jaipur/en/home.html/ Jaipur District]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jaipur district
|North = [[Mahendragarh district]], [[Haryana]]
|Northeast = [[Alwar district]]
|East = [[Dausa district]]
|Southeast = [[Sawai Madhopur district]]
|South = [[Tonk district]]
|Southwest = [[Ajmer district]]
|West = [[Nagaur district]]
|Northwest = [[Sikar district]]
}}

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{{Districts of Rajasthan}}
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