Rajasthan

Also known as Rajputana, IN-RJ

Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. 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; Madh

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Rajasthan is India's largest state by area, located in the northwest and covering about 10 percent of the country's total land; it comprises most of the Thar Desert and borders Pakistan to the west. The state is significant as a major geographical and political region of India, sharing borders with Pakistan and five other Indian states.

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Key facts

Indian state or territory.name: Rajasthan
Indian state or territory.official_name: State of Rajasthan
Indian state or territory.type: State
Indian state or territory.image_seal: Emblem of India.svg
Indian state or territory.seal_size: 100
Indian state or territory.etymology: Land of Kings
Indian state or territory.motto: Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit) (Truth alone triumphs)
Indian state or territory.image_map: IN-RJ.svg
Indian state or territory.region: Northwest India
Indian state or territory.before_was: Rajputana Agency
Indian state or territory.capital: Jaipur
Indian state or territory.largestcity: capital
Indian state or territory.districts: 41 (7 divisions)
Indian state or territory.Governor: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde
Indian state or territory.Chief_Minister: Bhajan Lal Sharma
Indian state or territory.party: BJP
Indian state or territory.Deputy_CM: Diya Kumari (BJP) Prem Chand Bairwa (BJP)
Indian state or territory.legislature_type: Unicameral

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Wikidata facts

Official name: રાજસ્થાન
Population: 68548437
Area: 342269
Official website: rajasthan.gov.in
Image: Thar desert Rajasthan India.jpg

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Commons category: Rajasthan
inception: 1950-01-26
male population: 35550997
female population: 32997440
urban population: 17048085
rural population: 51500352
literate population: 38275282
illiterate population: 30273155
native label: راجستھان
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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 known for its bird life. Rajasthan is also home to five national tiger reserves, the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve in Kota, Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger reserve and Karauli Dholpur tiger reserve.