Rajasthan

Rajasthan
Rajasthan
	— State —
	; Seal
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	Location o Rajasthan in Indie
	Map o Rajasthan
	Coordinates (Jaipur): 26°34′22″N 73°50′20″E / 26.57268°N 73.83902°E
Kintra	Indie
Established	1 November 1956
Caipital	Jaipur
Destricts	33 total
	Govrenment
- Govrenor	Margaret Alva
- Chief Meenister	Ashok Gehlot (INC)
- Legislature	Unicameral (200 seats)
- Parliamentary constituency	25
- Heich Court	Rajasthan Heich Court
	Aurie
- Tot	342,239 km2 (132,139.2 sq mi)
Aurie rank	1st
	Indwallers (2011)
- Tot	68,621,012
- Rank	8t
- Densitie	200.5/km2 (519.3/sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-RJ
HDI	0.637 (medium)
HDI rank	21st (2005)
Literacy	68% (20t)
Offeecial leids	Hindi
Wabsteid	rajasthan.gov.in

Rājasthān /ˈrɑːdʒəstæn/ (Hindustani pronunciation: [raːdʒəsˈt̪ʰaːn] ( listen)) the land o Rajasthanis, ("the land o keengs"), is the lairgest state o the Republic o Indie bi aurie. It is locatit in the northwast o Indie. It encompasses maist o the aurie o the lairge, inhospitable Great Indie Desert (Thar Desert), which haes an edge parallelin the Sutlej-Indus river valley alang its border wi Pakistan. Rajasthan covers 10.4% o Indie, an aurie o 342,269 square kilometres (132,151 sq mi).

References [edit]

Gahlot, Sukhvirsingh. 1992. RAJASTHAN: Historical & Cultural. J. S. Gahlot Research Institute, Jodhpur.
Somani, Ram Vallabh. 1993. History of Rajasthan. Jain Pustak Mandir, Jaipur.
Tod, James & Crooke, William. 1829. Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India,. Numerous reprints, including 3 Vols. Reprint: Low Price Publications, Delhi. 1990. ISBN 81-85395-68-3 (set of 3 vols.)
Mathur, P.C., 1995. Social and Economic Dynamics of Rajasthan Politics (Jaipur, Aaalekh)