Country India

Established 26 January 1950

Capital Jaipur
Largest city Jaipur
Districts 33 total
Government
Governor Kalyan Singh
Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje(BJP)
Legislature Unicameral(200 seats)
Parliamentary 25
constituency
High Court Rajasthan High Court
Area
Total 342,239km2(132,139s
qmi)
Area rank 1st
Population(2016)[1]
Total 74,791,568
Rank 7th
Demonym(s) Rajasthani
 1 Number of Districts 33
2 Number of Tehsils 244
3
Number of Panchaya 248
t Samitis*
4
Number of Statutor 185
y Towns
4(i)
Number of Municipal 5
Corporations
4(ii)
Number of Municipal 166
ities
4(iii)
Number of Cantonm 1
ents
4(iv)
Number of Municipa 13
l Council
5
Number of Census 112
Towns
6 Number of Revenue
Villages (including
44795
Census Town & Full
O.G.)
7
List of Villages all 44672
Rajasthan (Excludin
8 g Census Town & Full
O.G.)
Number of Urban Ag 28
glomerations(UA) W
ith Out Growth(OG)
9
Number of Uninhabit 1408
ed Villages Rajasth
an
 Rajasthan is divided into 33 districts withinseven divisions:
DivisionDistricts
Jaipur
Jaipur
Alwar
Jhunjhunu
Sikar
Dausa
Jodhpur Barmer
Jaisalmer
Jalore
Jodhpur
Pali
Sirohi
Ajmer
Ajmer
Bhilwara
Nagaur
Tonk
Udaipur
Udaipur
Banswara
Chittorgarh
Pratapgarh
Dungarpur
Rajsamand
Bikaner
Bikaner
Churu
Sri Ganganagar
Hanumangarh
Kota
Baran
Bundi
Jhalawar
Kota
Bharatpur
Bharatpur
Dholpur
Karauli
Sawai Madhopur
Largest cities of Rajasthan by population
City Name Population
Jaipur
3,073,349
Jodhpur
1,138,300
Kota
1,001,365
Bikaner
647,804
Ajmer
551,101
Udaipur
474,531
Bhilwara
360,009
Alwar
341,422
Bharatpur
252,838
Sri Ganganagar
249,914
 Rajasthan has an atypical rhomboid shape and stretches
lengthwise 869 km. from west to east and 826 km. from north to
south. It shares its north-western and western boundary with the
Indo-Pakistan international border that extends about 1,070 km
and touches the major districts Barmer,Bikaner, Ganganagar and
Jaisalmer.

RajasthanisIndia'slargest state by area(342,239 square

kilometres (132,139sqmi) or 10.4% of India's total area).
Thar Desert(also known as the "Rajasthan Desert" and "Great
Indian Desert") and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces
ofPunjabto the northwest andSindhto the west, a long theSutlej
-Indusriver valley.
. Rajasthan is divided into 9 regions; Ajmer State, Hadoti,
Dhundhar, Gorwar, Shekhawati, Mewar, Marwar, Vagad and Mewat
which are equally rich in its heritage and artistic contribution
 ETYMOLOGY

The first mention of the name "Rajasthan" appears in the 1829

publicationAnnals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or the Central and
Western Rajpoot States of India, while the earliest known record of
"Rajputana" as a name for the region is inGeorge Thomas's 1800
memoirMilitary Memories.[7]John Keay, in his bookIndia: A History,
stated that "Rajputana" was coined by the British in 1829, John
Briggs, translatingFerishta's history of early Islamic India, used the
phrase "Rajpoot (Rajput)princes" rather than "Indian princes".[8]
 GHOOMAR

The dance is chiefly performed by veiled women who wear flowing

dresses calledghaghara.[1]The dance typically involves performers
pirouetting while moving in and out of a wide circle. The
wordghoomnadescribes the twirling movement of the dancers and
is the basis of the wordghoomar.[
 STATE ANIMAL

CHINKARA
CAMEL

1. In Jul 2014, Camel is declared as state animal of Rajasthan.

ROHIDA
GODAWAN
 KHEJRI

P. cinerariais a small tree, ranging in height from 35m (9.8

16.4ft). Leaves are bipinnate, with seven to fourteen leaflets
on each of one to three pinnae. Branches are thorned along the
internodes. Flowers are small and creamy-yellow, and followed
by seeds in pods. The tree is found in extremely arid conditions,
with rainfall as low as 15cm (5.9in) annually; but is indicative
of the presence of a deep water table. As with some
otherProsopisspp.,P. cinerariahas demonstrated a tolerance
of highly alkaline and saline environments.[6]
 BASKETBALL

Basketballis asportthat is played by two teams of five players

on a rectangularcourt. The objective is toshootaballthrough a
hoop 18 inches (46cm) in diameter and mounted at a height of
10 feet (3.048m) tobackboardsat each end of the court. The
game was invented in 1891 byDr. James Naismith, who would be
the first basketball coach of theKansas Jayhawks, one of the
most successful programs in the game's history.