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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pilani
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = City
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science|BITS Pilani]] in 1979
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|28.37|N|75.6|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Rajasthan
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhunjhunu district]]
| subdivision_type3 = Language
| subdivision_name3 = Rajasthani & Hindi
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 279
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 40,590
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 333031
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91-1596
| registration_plate =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Pilani''' is a small town situated in the Shekhawati region of [[Rajasthan]], India. Administratively, it forms a part of [[Jhunjhunu district]].
The place became popular since the establishment of [[BITS Pilani]].The city is also the home to some of the oldest schools of independent India.

Pilani also has an assembling centre for India's prestigious BrahMos missile. Moreover, Pilani is getting recognition at India level due to the rising number of startups which are incorporated by the students of BITS Pilani and Bkbiet Pilani. Pilani is also known in the Shekhawati region due to a large number of tourist destinations such as Panchwati, Saraswati Temple, Birla Museum, and Ram Mandir park.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011|alt= As of the [[2011 Census of India]]}}, Pilani has a population of 29,741 of which 51% are males and 49% females. The average literacy rate is 72%. Male literacy is 80% and female 63%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-RJ.html|title=Primary Census Abstract Data Tables - Rajasthan}}</ref>

== Geography ==

=== Climate ===
Pilani has a continental, semi-arid climate, typical of North Western India. Summers, which last from late March till the end of June are extremely hot and dry. They are followed by the monsoon months of July, August and early September, where temperatures drop slightly, and the humidity rises sharply. The months from late October to early March see warm days, and cool to chilly nights, with very dry conditions.
{{Weather box 
| collapsed =
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| location = Pilani (1981–2010, extremes 1958–2012)
| temperature colour =
| Jan record high C = 31.8
| Feb record high C = 35.1
| Mar record high C = 44.8
| Apr record high C = 47.1
| May record high C = 47.1
| Jun record high C = 46.9
| Jul record high C = 45.7
| Aug record high C = 42.6
| Sep record high C = 41.5
| Oct record high C = 40.4
| Nov record high C = 37.8
| Dec record high C = 31.9
|year record high C = 47.1
| Jan high C = 21.6
| Feb high C = 25.1
| Mar high C = 31.2
| Apr high C = 37.1
| May high C = 40.7
| Jun high C = 40.2
| Jul high C = 36.6
| Aug high C = 35.2
| Sep high C = 35.8
| Oct high C = 34.7
| Nov high C = 29.8
| Dec high C = 24.5
| year high C = 32.7
| Jan low C = 5.5
| Feb low C = 8.7
| Mar low C = 13.7
| Apr low C = 19.5
| May low C = 24.6
| Jun low C = 26.8
| Jul low C = 26.5
| Aug low C = 25.4
| Sep low C = 23.2
| Oct low C = 17.5
| Nov low C = 11.4
| Dec low C = 6.3
| year low C = 17.4
| Jan record low C = -3.9
| Feb record low C = -4.0
| Mar record low C = 3.8
| Apr record low C = 8.5
| May record low C = 13.5
| Jun record low C = 17.4
| Jul record low C = 18.3
| Aug record low C = 19.0
| Sep record low C = 13.7
| Oct record low C = 9.0
| Nov record low C = 1.8
| Dec record low C = -2.7
|year record low C = -4.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 8.9
| Feb rain mm = 12.6
| Mar rain mm = 10.7
| Apr rain mm = 6.4
| May rain mm = 32.1
| Jun rain mm = 65.7
| Jul rain mm = 109.9
| Aug rain mm = 105.6
| Sep rain mm = 52.1
| Oct rain mm = 7.0
| Nov rain mm = 3.3
| Dec rain mm = 2.1
| year rain mm = 416.3
| Jan rain days = 0.9
| Feb rain days = 1.4
| Mar rain days = 1.0
| Apr rain days = 0.7
| May rain days = 2.3
| Jun rain days = 3.5
| Jul rain days = 6.6
| Aug rain days = 5.7
| Sep rain days = 3.0
| Oct rain days = 0.7
| Nov rain days = 0.2
| Dec rain days = 0.3
| year rain days = 26.3
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 47
| Feb humidity = 41
| Mar humidity = 34
| Apr humidity = 26
| May humidity = 28
| Jun humidity = 39
| Jul humidity = 58
| Aug humidity = 63
| Sep humidity = 54
| Oct humidity = 37
| Nov humidity = 38
| Dec humidity = 45
| year humidity = 42
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Pilani Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 611–612
| access-date = 20 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M186
| access-date = 20 January 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Education and Research==
[[File:BITS-Pilani campus aerial view.jpg|thumb|210px|Pilani in 1979]]
Pilani is home to the [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science]] (BITS Pilani).

Apart from BITS, Pilani also has one of the major CSIR labs for advanced research in electronics, the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), which is located next to the BITS campus. The GD Birla Memorial Polytechnic Institute named Birla Technical Training Institute (BTTI), established in 1988 in Pilani, is one of the top ranked diploma colleges in Rajasthan. Other colleges include the [[BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology]] (BKBIET), an [[engineering college]] formed in 2007, the Indermani Mandelia college for girls and the ShaadiLal Kataria Teacher Training college. In 2009, Shridhar University was established under the State Government Act as a private university. The University provides various higher education programs up to doctoral level. Schools include Birla Shishu Vihar, Birla High School, Birla Public School and Birla Balika Vidyapeeth. [[Birla Senior Secondary School|Birla School]] Pilani is providing education from 1901.

==Transportation==
Pilani is not accessible directly by rail; the nearest stations are [[Chirawa]], {{convert|16|km}}, [[Sadulpur]] {{convert|40|km}}away served by the Northern Western Railway on the Sikar-Loharu Broad Gauge section and [[Loharu]], {{convert|23.5|km}} away in Haryana, which is served by fully broad gauge sections. Pilani is {{convert|208|km}} from [[Jaipur]] and {{convert|194.3|km}} from [[Delhi]] and has a good bus transport system.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jhunjhunu district}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Jhunjhunu district]]
[[Category:Company towns in India]]

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