Udaipur

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Udaipur

Total population

452,000

Coordinates24.58°, 73.69°

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

Overview

Udaipur is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about 415 km (258 mi) south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1559 by Udai Singh II of the Sisodia clan of Rajputs, when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur after Chittorgarh was besieged by Akbar. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when Mewar became a British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained independence in 1947. It is also known as the City of Lakes, as it is surrounded by five major artificial lakes.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

M

Madan Lal Mehta

Indian physicist (1932-2006)

B

Brij Narayan

Indian sarod player

Chatur Lal

Indian musician

Uday Shankar

Indian dancer, choreographer, and actor (1900-1977)

Daulat Singh Kothari

Indian physicist (1906–1993)

Aindrita Ray

Indian actress

Arvind Singh Mewar

Indian businessman

Ashok Banthia

actor and director

A

Ashok Menaria

Indian cricketer

C

Chandra Prakash Deval

Indian poet

K. L. Shrimali

former Indian Minister of Education (1909-2000)

Kailash Chandra Meghwal

Indian politician

K

Kiran Maheshwari

Indian politician (1961-2020)

M

Mahaveer Bhagora

Indian politician

Mahendra Singh Mewar

Indian politician

Nakuul Mehta

Indian actor

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

Nearby places in Rajasthan

• Vallabhnagar
  20.9 mi away · pop. 8,100
• Sarada
  31.3 mi away
• Semari
  37.7 mi away
• Salumbar
  37.9 mi away · pop. 16,400
• Abu Road
  57.2 mi away · pop. 52,300
• Chittorgarh
  62.5 mi away · pop. 116,400
• Raipur
  64.2 mi away · pop. 7,300
• Ahore
  78.7 mi away · pop. 16,900
• Marwar Junction
  79.4 mi away · pop. 12,000
• Bagidora
  89.1 mi away · pop. 7,400
• Bhinmal
  93.9 mi away · pop. 49,700
• Ummedabad
  95.4 mi away · pop. 11,800

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 Udaipur

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Jewelled Grass-blue

Freyeria putli

Seen 2026-09-26

Lavandula bipinnata

Lavandula bipinnata

Seen 2026-09-26

Bengal Sacred Langur

Semnopithecus entellus

Seen 2026-09-26

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2026-09-26

Five-striped Palm Squirrel

Funambulus pennantii

Seen 2026-09-26

Moringa tree

Moringa oleifera

Seen 2026-09-26

Crested Bunting

Emberiza lathami

Seen 2026-09-26

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).