Jodhpur

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Jodhpur

Total population

1,034,000

Coordinates26.30°, 73.04°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Jodhpur is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2025, the city has a population of 1.6 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and Jodhpur division. It is the historic capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan. On 11 August 1947, 4 days prior to the Indian independence, Maharaja Hanwant Singh the last ruler of Jodhpur state signed the Instrument of Accession and merged his state in Union of India. On 30 March 1949, it became part of the newly formed state of Rajasthan, which was created after merging the states of the erstwhile Rajputana.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Sanjeev Arora

Theoretical computer scientist

Chanda Kochhar

Indian businesswoman

Dalveer Bhandari

Indian judge

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Man Mohan Sharma

Indian chemical engineer

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Mani Kaul

Indian film director of Hindi films (1944-2011)

Jagat Gosain

Wife of Emperor Jahangir

Komal Kothari

Indian folklorist

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Kanu Banerjee

Indian actor, stage, film and radio (1905–1983)

Ashok Gehlot

Indian politician

Pratap Singh I of Idar

British Indian army general (1845-1922)

Mithali Raj

Indian women's cricketer

Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Indian politician

Vijaydan Detha

Indian writer (1926–2013)

Laxmi Mall Singhvi

Indian diplomat (1931–2007)

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Kailash Sankhala

Indian naturalist (1925-1994)

Achal Das Bohra

Indian engineer (1918–2007)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Rajasthan

• Rohat
  24.3 mi away · pop. 6,900
• Pali
  40.8 mi away · pop. 230,000
• Shergarh
  45.8 mi away · pop. 6,100
• Kheenvsar
  52.4 mi away · pop. 9,600
• Marwar Junction
  53.2 mi away · pop. 12,000
• Ahore
  66.1 mi away · pop. 16,900
• Pokaran
  81.2 mi away · pop. 23,600
• Panchoo
  83.9 mi away · pop. 17,300
• Raipur
  93.4 mi away · pop. 7,300
• Pushkar
  95.2 mi away · pop. 21,600
• Sirohi
  98.1 mi away · pop. 39,200
• Ajmer
  100 mi away · pop. 542,600

Browse all places in Rajasthan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Jodhpur

Search results from Open Library.