Jhotwara is a suburban area of

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

in the north-west direction of

, the capital of Indian State of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. It is a Legislative Assembly constituency

History

This area was under meena tribe which was annexed in

Kachhwaha The Kachhwaha or Kachawa is a Rajput clan found primarily in India. Sometimes families within the clan ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states, such as Jaipur State, Jaipur, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Alwar State, Alwar and M ...

Rajput kingdom of

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by Rao Dulha. It was ruled by the Jaipur royal family till Independence of India.

Area under Jhotwara

These are 22 ward under Jhotwara.http://jaipurmc.org/PDF/Others/jaipurgreatermap.pdf * Vaishali Nagar *Kanakpura *Panchyawala *Meenawala *Girdharipura *Lalpura *Dhawas *Heerapura *Gajsinghpura *Mukumdpura *Maharajpura *Bindayka *Sirsi

References

Cities and towns in Jaipur district Neighbourhoods in Jaipur {{Rajasthan-geo-stub