Jhalrapatan is a city and
municipality of India in
Jhalawar district in the state of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
. Its population is approximately 37,506.
A municipality was established at Jhalrapatan in 1892.
History
Jhalrapatan was founded in 1796 by
Zalim Singh, approximately half a mile north of the ruins of Chandravati, which had been destroyed by
Aurangzeb
Alamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, also called Aurangzeb the Conqueror, was the sixth Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707, becomi ...
.
Education
Schools in Jhalrapatan include
•
Government Engineering College, Jhalawar
•Government Higher Secondary School
•Government Girls Higher Secondary School
•Vasudha Sr. Secondary School
•Dr Radhakrishanan Sr Sec School
•Gyan Ganga Public School
Geography
Jhalrapatan is located at . It has an average elevation of 317 metres (1040 feet).
Demographics
As of the 2001 India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
,
Jhalrapatan had a population of 30,103. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jhalrapatan has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 60%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
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{{Jhalawar district
Cities and towns in Jhalawar district