Location : The district is situated in the eastern part of Rajasthan. It is bound in the north by Sikar and Alwar, in South by Tonk, Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur. Nagaur, Sikar and Ajmer in the west and in east by Bharatpur and Dausa districts.
Distance from major Cities
- Delhi-261 kms.
- Ahmedabad-625 kms.
- Chandigarh-510 kms.
- Mumbai-1,176 kms.
- Calcutta-1,472 kms.
- Agra-246 kms.
- The climate of the district is dry and healthy and is subject to extremeness of cold and heat at various places.
- The minimum and maximum temperatures recorded in the district varies from 8.0 to 48 degree celsius.
- Normal annual rainfall is 55.64 cms.
Human Resources
Indicators of Human Resources |
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Population |
persons |
52,52,388 |
| Density of population | persons per sq. kms. | 471 |
| Literacy | per cent | 70.63 |
| Total working population | per cent | 29.17 |
Percentage distribution of work force |
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| Cultivators | per cent | 40.05 |
| Agricultural labourers | per cent | 5.66 |
| Household industry manufacturing, processing servicing and repairs | percent | 14.71 |
Indicators of Human Resources
Population persons 52,52,388
Density of population persons per sq. kms. 471
Literacy per cent 70.63
Total working population per cent 29.17
Percentage distribution of work force
Cultivators per cent 40.05
Agricultural labourers per cent 5.66
Household industry manufacturing,
processing servicing and repairs percent 14.71
Infrastructure
Electricity :
Jaipur district is receiving the hydro-electric power, supplied by the Chambal Hydel System. Out of total 2,131 villages in the district, 2,131 were electrified as on March 2000.
Water :
The major rivers passing through the Jaipur district are Banas and Banganga. The ground water resources to the extent of about 28.65 million cubic meter are available in the district.
Road Transport :
Jaipur city is the capital of the state and is centrally located. The National Highway No.8 links Delhi to Ahmedabad and No.11, linking Bikaner to Agra passes through Jaipur district to a total length of 366 kms. The total length of different types of roads in the district was about 4,102 kms as of March 2000.
Rail Transport :
Jaipur district is connected with meter gauge rail route with Sri Ganganagar, Ajmer, Udaipur and Sirohi. Jaipur is also connected with major centres of neighbouring states such as Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Delhi. Recently, Jaipur has got connected in broad gauge, enabling direct connections to cities like Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bombay, Howrah, Lucknow, Kanpur & Delhi.
Air Transport :
Jaipur is connected by air with Jodhpur, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Delhi, Bombay and outside the country with Paris, London & Dublin.
Communication Facilities
(Nos) |
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| Post offices | 599 |
| Telegraph offices | 143 |
| Telecom centres | 9 |
| PCOs | 859 |
| Telephone exchanges | 150 |
(Nos)
Post offices 599
Telegraph offices 143
Telecom centres 9
PCOs 859
Telephone exchanges 150
Industrial Scenario
. No. of large & medium scale running units: 48
. No. of small scale units: 19,544
. No. of industrial areas: 19
Bagru, Bassi, Bais Godam, Bindyaka, Dudu, Hirawala, Jetpura, Jhotwara, Kaladera, Kanakpura, Kartarpura, Malviya Nagar, Phulera, Renwal, Sanganeer, Shahpura, Sitapura, Sudarshanpur and Vishwakarma.
Main Industrial Products :
Acetylene gas, ACSR conductors, ball bearings, bottling of LPG, ceramics, pottery, cold roll strips, common salt, corrugated boxes, deoiled cakes, durries, dyeing and printing, edible oil, electronic items, engraving on brass items, ferrous and non-ferrous castings, gems and jewellary, general engineering and manufacturing, granite slabs and tiles, hand made paper, handicraft items, halogen auto bulbs, hawai chappals, household electrical appliances, HT steel strips, lodized salt, lamps, laminated springs for railways, marble statues, marble tiles & slabs, moulded plastic components for electronics, perfumes, pigment colours, plastic containers, P.P. multifilament yarn, PVC cables, PVC doors, PVC footwear, canvas shoes, nitro chloro benzene, oxygen gas, port land cement, readymade garments, re-roller products, steel furniture, steel ingots, stone grits, synthetic leather, synthetic suiting & shirtings, tablets and capsules, two way radio and line, washing so ap, wheat maida, suji, atta, woollen carpet, re fined vegetable oil and vanaspati ghee.
Export items :
Brass and lacquer work, enamel work, gems and jewellery, granite tiles, handloom, marble statues, printed cloth and textiles, readymade garments and woollen carpets.
