jaipur

Pink City of India
Map of Rajasthan showing location of Jaipur
Map of India showing location of Rajasthan
Location of Jaipur
Jaipur
Location of Jaipur
in Rajasthan and India
Country India
State Rajasthan
District(s) Jaipur District
Population
• Density 2,324,319 (2001[update])
• 11,598 /km2 (30,039 /sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation 200.4 km2 (77 sq mi)
• 431 m (1,414 ft)
Codes[show]
• Pincode • 3020 xx
• Telephone • +0141
• UN/LOCODE • INJAI
• Vehicle • RJ-14

Coordinates: [show location on an interactive map] 26°55′34″N 75°49′25″E / 26.9260°N 75.8235°E / 26.9260; 75.8235 Jaipur Jaipur.ogg pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. Jaipur is the former capital of the princely state of Jaipur. Founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 5 million residents.

His Highness Sawai Bhawani Singh Bahadur (born 1931) is the current titular Maharaja of Jaipur.

Jaipur is the first planned and well architecture city of India, located in the desert lands of India, Rajasthan. The city which once had been the capital of the royalty now is the capital city of Rajasthan. The very structure of Jaipur resembles the taste of the Rajputs and the Royal families. In the present date, Jaipur is the major business centre for the natives of Rajasthan with all requisites of a metropolitan city.

The city is remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities for the width and regularity of its streets which are laid out into six sectors separated by broad streets 111 ft (34 m) wide. The urban quarters are further divided by networks of gridded streets. Five quarters wrap around the east, south, and west sides of a central palace quarter, with a sixth quarter immediately to the east. The Palace quarter encloses a sprawling palace complex (the Hawa Mahal, or palace of winds), formal gardens, and a small lake. Nahargarh Fort crowns the hill in the northwest corner of the old city. Another noteworthy building is Sawai Jai Singh's observatory, Jantar Mantar