Jaipur district

Jaipur District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in Northern India. The city of Jaipur, which is Rajasthan's capital and largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India (out of 640). Being the state capital, Jaipur has a Legislative Assembly. The 13 Sub-divisions in district are: Jaipur Amber Bassi Chaksu Chomu Mauzmabad Jamwa Ramgarh Phagi Phulera Kotputli Sanganer Shahpura Viratnagar Panchayat Samitis are: Amber Bassi Chaksu Govindgarh Dudu Jamwa Ramgarh Phagi Sambhar Jhotwara Kotputli Shahpura Sanganer Viratnagar Tehsils are: 3 new tehsils have recently been added, earlier there were 13 tehsils and now 16. Amber Bassi Chaksu Chomu Dudu Jamwa Ramgarh Phagi Sambhar Jaipur Kotputli Shahpura Sanganer Viratnagar Kot Khawada Kishangarh-Renwal Mauzamabad Paota According to the 2011 census Jaipur district has a population of 6,626,178, roughly equal to the nation of Libya or the US state of Washington. This gives it a ranking of 10th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 26.91%. Jaipur has a sex ratio of 909 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.44%. 52.40% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.14% and 7.97% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 45.85% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 34.44% Rajasthani, 11.31% Dhundari, 2.74% Urdu, 2.52% Marwari, 1.21% Sindhi, 0.42% Punjabi and 0.41% Bengali as their first language. HH Galtapeethadheeshwar Swami Avadheshacharya Ji Maharaj - Mahant, Shri Galta Peeth. Hemant Shesh (1952- ) Writer and civil servant. Born in Jaipur.