As of [update] , the city has a population of 3. Located km miles from the national capital New Delhi , Jaipur is also known as the Pink City due to the dominant color scheme of its buildings in old city. After Indian independence in , Jaipur was made the capital of the newly formed state of Rajasthan in Jaipur is a popular tourist destination in India , forming a part of the west Golden triangle tourist circuit along with Delhi and Agra.
On 6 July , the city was named to the World Heritage Cities list. Due to its beauty C. Raman called it "Island of Glory". He planned to shift his capital from Amber, 11 kilometres 7 mi to Jaipur to accommodate the growing population and increasing scarcity of water. In the 19th century, the city grew rapidly and had a population of , in The wide boulevards were paved and its chief industries were the working of metals and marble , fostered by a school of art founded in Jaipur is located in the northeastern part of Rajasthan and covers a total area of square kilometres sq mi.
The city is surrounded by fertile alluvial plains to the east and south and hill chains and desert areas to the north and west. The Dravyavati River is the primary drainage channel, which by had degenerated into an untreated sewage nallah.
To address this issue, a plan for the rejuvenation of the river was developed by Jaipur Development Authority JDA in Annual precipitation is over millimetres or 25 inches, falling mostly in July and August due to the southwest monsoon, causing the average temperatures in these two months to be lower compared to drier May and June.
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During the monsoon, there are frequent, heavy rains and thunderstorms, but flooding is not common. The highest temperature ever recorded was These months are mild, dry, and pleasant, sometimes chilly. Jaipur, like many other major cities of the world, is a significant urban heat island zone with surrounding rural temperatures occasionally falling below freezing in winters. As of the official report, Jaipur Municipal Corporation had 5,99, households and a population of 3,, Jaipur had a sex ratio of females per males and a literacy rate of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up , Languages of Jaipur [ 44 ].
