Jhunjhunu
| Jhunjhunu झुन्झुनू |
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| State : | Rajasthan | ||
| District : | Jhunjhunu | ||
| Sub-district : | Jhunjhunu | ||
| Location : | 28 ° 8 ′ N , 75 ° 24 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 345 m | ||
| Area : | 50 km² | ||
| Residents : | 118,473 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2369 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | Jhunjhunu | ||
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Jhunjhunu ( Hindi : झुन्झुनू Jhuñjhunū ) or Jhunjhunun (Hindi: झुंझुनूं , Jhunjhunūṃ ) is a district capital with approximately 125,000 inhabitants in the Shekhawati region in the Indian state of Rajasthan .
location
Jhunjhunu is located in northeastern Rajasthan near the border with the state of Haryana about 170 km (driving distance) north of Jaipur or 220 km southwest of the Indian capital Delhi at an altitude of about 345 m above sea level. d. The climate is - apart from the monsoon months July to September - hot and dry.
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 72.187 | 100,485 | 118,473 |
A large part of the approximately 59% Hindu and 40.5% Islamic population immigrated from the rural areas of Rajasthan in the second half of the 20th century. The remaining 0.5% are made up of Jains , Sikhs , Christians and Buddhists . They mainly speak Hindi , but also Mewati and Bagri dialects.
history
Neither written sources nor archaeological evidence are known from the early days of the city. Jhunjhunu was probably up to the 17th / 18th centuries. A larger village like others into the 19th century. Only with the boom in caravan trade with the Middle East and Europe did the place, in which merchants, traders, craftsmen and day laborers of all kinds settled, experienced a heyday.
Attractions
- Jhunjhunu is known for the Rani Sati Temple, which is dedicated to a legendary and deified female figure named Narayani . After the violent death of her husband, she saw no more meaning in life and decided to become a sati . How far back the history of the temple goes back is unclear - today's building mainly dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century. The lack of any images of gods in the main temple is remarkable; in the cella ( garbhagriha ) there is only a trident. There are other temples for Hanuman , Ganesha and Shiva in the temple district ; there are also other sati shrines.
- In the center of the old town there are still a few merchant houses ( havelis ) with the paintings customary for the Shekhawati.
- Surroundings
