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Jaipur: The Pink City Unveiled

Jaipur is the capital city of Rajasthan, India. Founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, it was one of the earliest planned cities in India. Known as the "Pink City" due to its distinctive pink-colored buildings, Jaipur experiences hot and dry summers and monsoon rains in the months of August and September. The city has a literacy rate of 84.34% and a population density of around 6,500 people per square kilometer. Surrounded by the Aravalli Hills, Jaipur is located at an elevation of 430 meters and has a semi-arid climate. It was planned with broad avenues and separated sectors, and was painted

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Jaipur: The Pink City Unveiled

Jaipur is the capital city of Rajasthan, India. Founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, it was one of the earliest planned cities in India. Known as the "Pink City" due to its distinctive pink-colored buildings, Jaipur experiences hot and dry summers and monsoon rains in the months of August and September. The city has a literacy rate of 84.34% and a population density of around 6,500 people per square kilometer. Surrounded by the Aravalli Hills, Jaipur is located at an elevation of 430 meters and has a semi-arid climate. It was planned with broad avenues and separated sectors, and was painted

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JAIPUR CIT Y

NAMES - AAYUSHI CHHAJER , AMAN JAIN , AMIT KUMAR SINGH . ARCHIT TYAGI
INT RODUCT ION

•Jaipur the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is also known as the Pink City, due
to the dominant color scheme of its buildings. It is a major tourist destination in India forming a part of the
Golden Triangle.
Jaipur was founded in 1727 by the Kacchawa Rajput ruler Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amer, after whom
the city is named. It was one of the earliest planned cities of modern India, designed by Vidyadhar
Bhattacharya. During the British Colonial period, the city served as the capital of Jaipur State.

CLIMAT E

•The weather of jaipur is Semi-arid type. temperatures remain


comparatively on the higher end all around the year. •The summer
season begins from april and continues till july. the temperature rises
to an average of 30 oc. • The city experiences monsoon showers in
the months of august and september with frequent thunderstorms.
jaipur receives over 650 mm of rainfall each year.
jaipur surrounding by aravali
DEMOGRAPHICS

• The overall literacy rate for the city is 84.34%.


•90.61% males and 77.41% females were literate.
• The sex ratio was 898 females per 1,000 males.
• The child sex ratio stood at 854
•Area of jaipur is 467 km sq.
•Density of jaipur is 6500/km sq.

•growth of population in Jaipur


TOPOGRAPHY

•Jaipur is situated in the eastern part of rajasthan, surrounded on three sides by the
rugged
aravali hills. •Jaipur is located at 26°55′n 75°49′e (26.92°n 75.82°e).
• it is surrounded by Alwar And Sikar in the North; by Sikar, Nagaur, And Ajmer in West;
by Ajmer, Tonk, And Sawai Madhopur in the South and by Dausa And Bharatpur
districts in east.
• It has an average elevation of 430 metres (1414 ft).

HISTOR Y

•The city of jaipur was founded in 1727 by Jai Singh II , the


raja of Amer who ruled from 1699 to 1743.
•He planned to shift his capital from amer, 11 kilometres (7
mi) to jaipur to accommodate the growing population and
increasing scarcity of water.
•The construction of the city began in 1726 and took four
years to complete the major roads, offices, and palaces.
•During the rule of sawai ram singh i, the city was painted
pink to welcome H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince Of Wales, in
1876.
•There are three gates facing east, west, and north. the
eastern gate is called suraj pol (sun gate), the western
gate is called chandpol (moon gate) and the northern
gate faces the ancestral capital of Amer.
•The division of the city into six sectors by broad streets 34
m (111 ft) wide.
ORIGIN
The need of a new capital for 18th century Dhoondhar as the earlier one of
Amber built on a hill was getting congested.

• Sawai Raja Jai Singh’s vision of the new capital as a strong political
statement at par with Mughal cities and as a thriving trade and commerce
hub for the region.

GEOGRAPHICAL REASONS
• The rocky terrain of Amber restricted expansion.
• Jaipur had the potentialities of developing into a city with adequate drinking water due to the presence of a perennial
stream nearby and good drainage system.
• Its rugged hills also ensured a constant supply of building material.

SALIENT FEAT UR ES OF T HE CIT Y - PINK CIT Y


Jaipur is known as the Pink City, a rather idealized description of the terra-
cottacolored lime plaster

The most popular reason (spread no doubt by "Britishers" during the Raj era) is that
pink is the traditional color of hospitality, and the city was freshly painted and paved
with pink gravel to warmly welcome Edward VII for his visit here in 1876.

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