Jaipur district is situated in the east of Rajasthan state. In the North of it Sikar, Mahendragarh district (State Haryana), In the South Tonk, In the East Alwar, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, and In the West Nagaur, Ajmer district situated. East and North area of Jaipur district is sarrounded by Arawali hills. There are 13 Sub-divisions in district are Jaipur, Amber, Bassi, Chaksu, Chomu, Jamwa Ramgarh, Mozmabad, Phagi, Phulera, Kotputli, Sanganer, Shahpura, Viratnagar. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and has earned universal renown as the " Pink City ", and pink it is, with beautiful constructed palaces, havelis and forts. Tall, rugged men with handle-bar whiskers sport bright pink turbans. Jaipur which means the city of victory was built exactly 273 years back and is 262 km by road from Delhi ( Capital of India ). A strong wall encircles the old city and even today has a suggestion of formidable strength, its function of protecting all within is obvious.

The plains of Rajasthan of which Jaipur is the capital once thundered and echoed with clash of swords and the drums of wars.Built in 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh-II, Jaipur was the first planned city of its time ( the earlier planned city in northern India having been built near Taxila sometime in the 2nd century BC ).

Jaipur was planned by Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, a Bengali architect, in a grid system with wide straight avenues, roads, streets and lanes and uniform rows of shops on either side of the main bazaars, all arranged in nine rectangular city sectors (chokris). The city itself is an attractive creation worthy of universal admiration.

There is a feast in store for tourists. Attractive monuments where one can breathe the fragrance of history. Comfortable and luxurious hotels, once the proud of kings, parks, gardens, and excursions of nearby places of interest, make Jaipur a tourist's paradise.

General Information

Area:	11117.8 sq.km.
Altitude:	431 metres
Climate:	45 max. 25 min. ( summer )
	22 max. 05 min. ( winter )
Languages:	English, Hindi, Rajasthani

What to see

The City Palace	Jantar Mantar	Hawa Mahal	Govind Devji Temple
Isar Lat	Ram Niwas Bagh	B.M.Birla Planetarium	Galtaji
Laxmi Narayan Temple	Amer Fort	Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh	Jaigarh Fort
Nahargarh Fort	Shakambhari Mata Tample, Sambhar	Abhaneri	Bairath
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