Ajmer district is a district in the

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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 ...

. It is part of the

Ajmer division The Indian state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country and stretches between 23°03'N and 30°12'N latitude and 69°30'E and 78°17'E longitude. As of 1 January 2025, for administrative purposes the state is divided int ...

–one of the seven

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of Rajasthan. The city of

Ajmer Ajmer () is a city in the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer district and Ajmer division. It lies at the centre of Rajasthan, earning it the ...

is the district headquarters. The district is situated in the center of Rajasthan, and is bounded by Didwana Kuchaman district to the north, Jaipur Rural and Dudu to the north-east, Tonk to the east, Kekri and Beawar to the south, and Nagaur to the west. It has an area of , and a population of 2,583,052 (2011 census).

History

The hills are some of the oldest in India, geologically. Microliths from early hominids have been found in the district. It is believed that cultures in this region had contact with the Indus Valley civilization. Pottery shards from Painted Gray Ware culture,

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and

Northern Black Polished Ware The Northern Black Polished Ware culture (abbreviated NBPW or NBP) is an urban Iron Age Indian culture of the Indian subcontinent, lasting –200 BCE (proto NBPW between 1200 and 700 BCE), succeeding the Painted Grey Ware culture and Black and ...

cultures have been found with Chosla and Sameliya. Some pre-Ashokan

Brahmi Brahmi ( ; ; ISO: ''Brāhmī'') is a writing system from ancient India. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the Aśokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such as 'lath' or ...

inscriptions have been found in Bhilot Mata Temple in Badli. Pushkar was ruled for many years by the Kushans, Sakas etc until the rise of the Chauhans. In 1192 the last independent Chauhan ruler Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohammad Ghori, and the district became part of the Delhi Sultanate. In 1287, Hammir Dev Chauhan regained Ajmer, before it was reconquered by Delhi in 1301. In the last period of the Delhi Sultanate, Ajmer was ruled by Mallu Khan. During Mughal rule the district was part of Ajmer Subah. After 1712, the district returned to Rathore hands under the suzerainty of the

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. In 1801, the British took over Ajmer and converted it to a district. It became part of Rajasthan after 1950. Umesh Kumar and Akint Balam were felicitated for winning the Rajasthan IT Badminton League.

Geography

The eastern portion of the district is generally flat, broken only by gentle undulations. The western parts, from north-west to south-west, are intersected by the

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. Many of the valleys in this region are sandy deserts, part of India's

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, with an occasional oasis of cultivation. Some fertile tracts are also present; among these is the plain on which lies the town of Ajmer. This valley has an artificial lake, and is protected by the massive walls of the Nagpathar range or Serpent rock, which forms a barrier against the sand. The only hills in the district are the

and its offshoots. Ajmer is almost totally devoid of rivers. The Banas River touches the south-eastern boundary of the district so as to irrigate the pargana of Samur. Four small streams—the Sagarmati, Saraswati, Khari and Dai—also intersect the district.

Places for Visit

* Pushkar Lake * Dargah Khwaja Saheb * Mayo College * Nareli Jain Temple * Two and a half Day Hut * Ana Sagar * Foy Sagar Lake * Soniji's Veins * Ajmer Government Museum * Sai Baba Temple * Swami Vivekananda Memorial * Musical Fountain * Kishangarh Fort * Open Air Theatre at Information Centre * Food Court at Urban Haat Bazaar * Victoria Clock Tower (Ghantaghar) * Prithviraj Memorial * Bird Park at Sagar Vihar * Development in front of Anasagar Lake at Old Rest House * Anasagar Pathway * Shaheed Smarak, Ajmer

Division

The Ajmer district is divided into seven subdivisions - Arai, Ajmer, Kishangarh, Nasirabad, Peesangan, Pushkar, Roopangarh;https://rajmasters.rajasthan.gov.in/Home/List?master=SUB-DIVISION and further subdivided into sixteen

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, Arai, Beawar, Bhinai,

Pushkar Pushkar is a temple town near Ajmer City and headquarters of Pushkar tehsil in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated about northwest of Ajmer and about southwest of Jaipur.Nasirabad, Masuda, Kekri, Kishangarh, Roopangarh, Bijay Nagar, Tatgarh, Sanver

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Ajmer district has a

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of 2,583,052. This gives it a ranking of 161st in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.48%. Ajmer has a

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of 950 females for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of 70.46%. 40.08% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 478,027 (18.51%) and 63,482 (2.46%) of the population respectively.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 55.16% of the population spoke

Rajasthani Rajasthani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Rajasthan, a state of India * Rajasthani languages, a group of Indic languages spoken there * Rajasthani people, the native inhabitants of the state * Rajasthani architecture, Indian ar ...

, 30.97%

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, 10.08% Marwari and 1.85% Sindhi as their first language.

References

Ajmer

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, 1909, v. 5, p. 137-146.

External links

Ajmer District websiteAjmer on Marwadis.comeAjmer.co.in
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