Bundi
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 Panoramic view of the old town and palace of Bundi. | |
  Bundi Location in Rajasthan, India  Bundi Bundi (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°26′N 75°38′E / 25.44°N 75.64°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Bundi |
| Named after | Bunda Meena |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Bundi Municipal Council[1] |
| Elevation | 268 m (879 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 323001 |
| ISO 3166 code | RJ-IN |
| Vehicle registration | RJ-08 |
| Sex ratio | 922 ♂/♀ |
| Website | Bundi Municipal Council Bundi District |
Bundi is a town in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India.
Climate
[edit]The climate is hot semi arid (BSh), not having enough rainfall to qualify as a tropical savanna climate (Aw). The climate is quite warm, and most of the rainfall is concentrated during the summer monsoon season (June-September). It gets humid during the summer.
| Climate data for Bundi (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
46.0 (114.8) |
47.0 (116.6) |
48.0 (118.4) |
45.5 (113.9) |
37.4 (99.3) |
41.2 (106.2) |
39.4 (102.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
48.0 (118.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.9 (103.8) |
43.7 (110.7) |
40.5 (104.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 6.3 (0.25) |
5.6 (0.22) |
2.6 (0.10) |
3.3 (0.13) |
5.1 (0.20) |
93.5 (3.68) |
231.0 (9.09) |
279.0 (10.98) |
98.8 (3.89) |
6.4 (0.25) |
4.6 (0.18) |
0.6 (0.02) |
736.8 (29.01) |
| Average rainy days | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 13.0 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 36.3 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[2] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]In the 2011 Indian census,[3] Bundi had a population of 1,03,286. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bundi has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 57%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
[edit]
Stone Age tools dating from 5,000 to 2,00,000 years were found in Bundi and Bhilwara districts of the state.[4]
Satur national geological monument
[edit]Great Boundary Fault at Satur at nearby Satur has been declared the National Geological Monuments of India by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of geotourism.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bundi Municipal Council". 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Bundi Tehsil Population - Bundi, Rajasthan". CensusIndia2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Pillai, Geetha Sunil (28 February 2017), "Stone age tools dating back 2,00,000 years found in Rajasthan", The Times of India
- ^ National Geological Monument, from Geological Survey of India website
- ^ "Geo-Heritage Sites". pib.nic.in. Press Information Bureau. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ national geo-heritage of India, INTACH
Further reading
[edit]- Beny, Roland; Matheson, Sylvia A. (1984). Rajasthan – Land of Kings. London: Frederick Muller. p. 200 pages. ISBN 0-584-95061-6.
- Crump, Vivien; Toh, Irene (1996). Rajasthan (hardback). London: Everyman Guides. p. 400 pages. ISBN 1-85715-887-3.
- Martinelli, Antonio; Michell, George (2005). The Palaces of Rajasthan. London: Frances Lincoln. p. 271 pages. ISBN 978-0-7112-2505-3.
- Sodhi, Jiwan (1999). A Study of Bundi School of Painting (hardback). India: Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-347-7.
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