Coordinates: 22.3000°N 70.

7833°E

Rajkot
Rajkot (Rājkot pronunciation ) is the fourth-largest[7][8] city in the state of Gujarat, India, after
Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the
Rajkot
35th-largest urban agglomeration in India, with a population of more than 1.8 million as of 2018(appx).[9] Metropolis
Rajkot is the ninth-cleanest[10][11] city of India, and is the 7th-fastest-growing city in the world as of
March 2019.[12] The city contains the administrative headquarters of the Rajkot District, 245 km from the
state capital Gandhinagar, and is located on the banks of the Aji and Nyari rivers. Rajkot was the capital of
the Saurashtra State from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956, before its merger with Bombay State on 1
November 1956. Rajkot was reincorporated into Gujarat State from 1 May 1960.

Contents
Rani Lakshmibai Circle and Under
History
Bridge
Geography
Climate
Demographics
Culture
Literature
Landmarks Rajkot
Awards
Performing arts
Music
Sports
Festivals
Coordinates: 22.3000°N 70.7833°E
Economy
Real estate Country India
Industry State Gujarat
Law and government Region Saurashtra
District Rajkot
Transport
Roads and highways
Zone 3 (Central, East
and West)[1]
Rail and internal transport
Aviation
Ward 23[1][2]

Media and communications

Rajkot Municipal 1973
Corporation
Education
Government
See also
• Body (RMC)
References • Mayor Binaben Acharya
Further reading
Area[3]
External links • Metropolis 170.00 km2
(65.64 sq mi)
Elevation 128 m (420 ft)
History Population [4]
Rajkot has been under different rulers since it was founded. It has had a long history and had a significant • Metropolis 1,442,975
influence in the Indian independence movement. Rajkot was home to many personalities like Mohandas • Rank 29th 4th (in
Karamchand Gandhi. Rajkot is in a transition period of growing cultural, industrial and economical Gujarat state)
[12]
activities. Rajkot is the 26th largest city of India and the 7th fastest growing urban area of the world.
• Density 8,500/km2
(22,000/sq mi)
Rajkot was the capital of the then Saurashtra state from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956 before merging • Metro[5] 1,390,640
in bilingual Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was merged into Gujarat State from bilingual • Metro rank 35th
Bombay state on 1 May 1960. Thakur Saheb Pradyumansinhji died in 1973. His son, Manoharsinhji Demonym(s) Rajkotian
Pradyumansinhji, who has carved out a political career at the provincial level, succeeded him. He served Languages
as a Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for several years and as the state Minister for Health and • Official Gujarati, Hindi,
Finance. Monoharsinhji's son, Mandattasinh Jadeja has embarked on a business career
. English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 360 0XX
 On 26 January 2001 the 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake Telephone code 0281
shook Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity Vehicle GJ-03
registration
of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about
Literacy 87.80 (2016)%[6]
166,800 injured.
Planning agency (RUDA)
Climate Semi-Arid
Geography (Köppen)
Precipitation 590 millimetres
Rajkot is located at 22.3°N 70.78°E.[13] It has an average (23 in)
elevation of 128 metres (420 ft). The city is located on Avg. annual 26 °C (79 °F)
the bank of Aji River and Nyari River which remains dry temperature
except the monsoon months of July to September. The Website www.rmc.gov.in
city is spread in the area of 170.00 km².[14]

Rajkot is situated in the region called Saurashtra in the Gujarat

Young Mohandas Gandhi (right) and state of India. The significance of Rajkot's location is owing to
his school friend Sheikh Mehtab (left) the fact that it is one of the prime industrial centres of Gujarat.
in Rajkot Rajkot has a central location in the area called the Kathiawar
peninsula. The city is located within the Rajkot district in
Gujarat. Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the
district of Rajkot. The district is surrounded by Botad in the east, and Surendranagar in the north, Junagadh and
Amreli in the south, Morbi in the northwest and Jamnagar in the west and Porbandar in the southwest. An Aerial Image of the Aji River that
flows through the city of Rajkot

Climate
Rajkot has a semi-arid climate, with hot, dry summers from mid-March to mid-June and the wet monsoon season from mid-June to October, when the city
receives 590 mm of rain on average. The months from November to February are mild, the average temperature being around 20 °C, with low humidity
.

One of the most important weather phenomena that is associated with the city of Rajkot is the cyclone. The cyclones generally occur in the Arabian Sea during
the months after the rainy season. The region experiences a lot of rainfall and high-speed winds during the time of the year after the monsoon season as well as
the months of May and June. However, June experiences lesser amount of rainfall and winds than the post-monsoon time. Thunderstorms are another important
part of the Rajkot weather in the months of June and July. During summer time, the temperature ranges between 24 °C and 42 °C. In the months of winter,
[15]
Rajkot temperature varies between 10 °C and 22 °C but on a whole winters are pleasant.

Climate data for Rajkot Airport (1981–2010)

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Record high 36.4 40.0 43.9 44.4 47.9 45.8 40.6 38.8 42.8 41.9 38.4 36.4 47.9
°C (°F) (97.5) (104.0) (111.0) (111.9) (118.2) (114.4) (105.1) (101.8) (109.0) (107.4) (101.1) (97.5) (118.2)

Average 28.4 30.9 35.5 39.1 40.5 37.8 33.0 31.6 33.6 35.9 33.2 29.9 34.1
high °C (°F) (83.1) (87.6) (95.9) (102.4) (104.9) (100.0) (91.4) (88.9) (92.5) (96.6) (91.8) (85.8) (93.4)

Average low 12.8 15.0 19.2 22.6 25.4 26.5 25.4 24.4 23.8 22.4 18.4 14.4 20.9
°C (°F) (55.0) (59.0) (66.6) (72.7) (77.7) (79.7) (77.7) (75.9) (74.8) (72.3) (65.1) (57.9) (69.6)

Record low −0.6 1.1 6.1 10.0 16.1 20.0 19.4 20.1 16.7 12.2 7.2 2.8 −0.6
°C (°F) (30.9) (34.0) (43.0) (50.0) (61.0) (68.0) (66.9) (68.2) (62.1) (54.0) (45.0) (37.0) (30.9)

Average
0.8 0.3 0.1 1.4 5.4 108.4 253.4 165.3 115.1 19.3 6.3 0.3 676.1
precipitation
(0.03) (0.01) (0.00) (0.06) (0.21) (4.27) (9.98) (6.51) (4.53) (0.76) (0.25) (0.01) (26.62)
mm (inches)

Average
0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 4.4 9.6 8.0 5.0 1.3 0.3 0.1 29.1
rainy days

Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010) [16][17]

Demographics
As of the 2011 India census, Rajkot recorded a total population of 1,390,640. Rajkot city has an average literacy rate of 82.20%, higher than the national
average.[5] The population is 52.43% male and 47.47% female. Most of the population is Hindu with a Muslim minority
.

Religions in Rajkot (2011)[5]

Hinduism 89.90%
Islam 7.68%
Jainism 1.90%
Christianity 0.27%
 Others♦ 0.24%
Distribution of religions

Population Growth of Rajkot

Census Pop. %±
1891 29,200 —
1941 66,400 —
1951 132,100 98.9%
1961 193,500 46.5%
1971 302,000 56.1%
1981 444,200 47.1%
1991 654,500 47.3%
2001 1,003,015 53.2%
2011 1,390,640 38.6%
[18]
source:

Population growth through the years

Year Population
1891 29,200
1941 66,400
1951 132,100
1961 193,500
1968 270,800
1971 302,000
1981 444,200
1991 654,500
2001 1,003,015
2011 1,390,640
2013 1,560,000
♦ Source:[19]

♦ Source:[20]

Culture
The people in Rajkot are predominantly vegetarians and are vehemently against any form of hunting. The women of Rajkot are fond of jewellery. Large chains,
pendants and other heavy gold jewellery are a common sight during marriages, festivals and functions. The attire changes with the season and festivals. The
ladies normally wear the Gujarati type of the Sari and men can be seen in flowing Kurtas and formal wear (shirts and trousers).

Rajkot is multicultural. One can find many languages, like Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, English, Sindhi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi. However, only
Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, and English are well understood. Rajkot is the part of
Kathiyawad. Because of this people of Rajkot are also known as Kathiyawadi.

Rajkot is frequently referred to asRangilu Rajkot (રંગીલુ રાજકોટ), meaning "colourful Rajkot".Rajkot is also called as "Chitranagri" (City of Paintings).

Literature
Malcolm Pasley renowned and highly respected scholar and translator of the works ofFranz Kafka was born in Rajkot.

Landmarks
Rajkot has many historical landmarks and places. The Jubilee Garden is a large, open park in the centre of the city featuring many monuments from colonial
times. Located prominently in the centre of the garden is the Connaught Hall. Other notable points of interest near the garden include the historic Mohandas
Gandhi High School (Now Gandhi Museum), Kaba Gandhi No Delo (Mohandas Gandhi's childhood residence), Rashtriya Shala, Watson Museum, Rotary Dolls
Museum, Lang Library, Rotary Midtown Library andSaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
 The Rotary Dolls Museum has a collection of more
than 1,400 dolls from all over the world.[21]

The Lang Library and the G.T. Sheth Library

collect thousands of documents and books covering
every period in Rajkot and Saurashtra (region)
history. Rajkot has many other public libraries with
Mohandas Gandhi High School many branches throughout the city. It includes
Rotary Midtown of Rajkot City Library and many
more.
This is the house where Gandhiji's father,
Other points of interest in Rajkot include Darbargarh Haveli, Swaminarayan Gurukul, Masonic Hall, Race Karamchand Uttanchand Gandhi (Kaba
Course, Aji Dam, Swaminarayan Temple, Vishwakarma Prabhuji Temple. Gandhi) resided at Rajkot, serving as
Diwan (Prime Minister) to the King.
The Watson Museum, located in the Jubilee Garden, has a collection of human history and culture. It Gandhiji himself spent a few years of his
presents objects of the colonial period of India and the history of Rajkot. The Rajkot Memon Boarding is early life here from 1881 to 1887. This is a
headquarters of Muslim activities before 1947. Saurashtra Muslim league held many Muslim convention typical Saurashtra 'dela' type house with a
at Rajkot Memon boarding ground. central approach from an arched gateway .
It was built on 1880–81 A.D. and today it
The Gaibanshah Peer Dargah is the center of conviction of people whether they are Muslims or Hindus. depicts an interesting photo essay of his
life.
At Gaibanshah Peer Dargah there is a religious program called Urss every year. In this program almost
every religions head come and took part in this gathering every year and preach about peace and
humanity.

The Trimandir, a non-sectarian temple founded by Dada Bhagwan, is located at a short distance from the
city.[22]

Awards
Best LAW and Order city – 2013[23]

Performing arts
Ramkrishna Ashram
Rajkot is a major regional centre for the arts, with many venues for the performing arts in the city. Hemu
Gadhvi Natyagraha,[24] one of the first non-profit regional theatres, is rich with history and dedicated to
the Gujarati Play.

Music
Rajkot has its own native music genre, called dayro,[25] which is used to convey folk stories and sayings. Rajkot also inherited Kathiyawadi folk music.The city
also has various orchestra groups, which perform professionally
. They mainly perform the music albums from Bollywood.

Sports
Cricket is the most famous sport in the city. One-day internationals, domestic tournaments such as the Ranji Trophy, the Duleep Trophy and many inter-school
and collegiate tournaments are played at the Madhavrao Sindhia Cricket Ground. The newly constructed 2nd International Cricket Stadium situated in Rajkot,
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, formerly known as Khandheri Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Khandheri, about 15 kilometres outside Rajkot,
India. The Stadium has a capacity of 28,000 to 32,000 spectators. In this cricket stadium Day/Night matches can now also be played. The stadium hosted its 1st
International Cricket Match played on 11 January 2013 between India and England. The stadium will part of a larger sports complex that will include venues for
other sports such as badminton, basketball, and volleyball. It will host Saurashtra Cricket Association matches along with Madhavrao Sindhia Cricket Ground.
Rajkot has produced cricketers such as Karsan Ghavri and Cheteshwar Pujara who have been members of the Indian cricket team. Rajkot has many other cricket
grounds around city, including Railway Cricket Ground and Rajkumar College South Ground. Apart from cricket, other sports such as hockey, association
football, volleyball, badminton, tennis, table-tennis, chess, swimming and squash are rapidly growing popular in the city. There has been a significant increase in
recent years in the number of private sports clubs, gymkhanas and gymnasiums. Kathiawar gymkhana, indoor stadium and swimming pools of Rajkot Municipal
Corporation are major sports clubs in city. Recently, the Gujarat Hockey Team (Under 14) was assembled with all 16 players coming from Rajkot.A new
modernised cricket ground is even under construction at the outskirts. There are numerous swimming pools too. Rajkot Municipal Corporation also owns a 9-
[26]
hole golf course at Ishwaria. It is maintained by Green Meadows Golf Club.

In 2016 and 2017, a franchise fromRajkot will play in Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned byIntex Technologies.

Cycling is a fast growing sport in Rajkot. Members of "Rajkot Cycle Club" regularly ride BRMs which are timed events which stretch from 200 km to 1200 km.
Festivals
Garba is popular among both, men and women and is performed during the festival of Navratri. The dance starts before midnight and continues until dawn. Mata
Ambe, who rides a lion, has a special reverential status with any highly religious Gujarati. The 'Janmastami Mela' is organised for five days at the Race Course
grounds to celebrate Janmastami. Diwali is one of the most important festival and is usually a week long holiday. Rajkot Municipal Corporation arranges the
annual Fireworks Show for the citizens of Rajkot during the Diwali festival. The festival of Eid is also celebrated by the Muslim population. Holi is also
celebrated with frolic and is widely enjoyed by most of the city folk. People also celebrate Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) on 14 January by flying kites from their
terraces.

Economy
The city contributes to the economy of the state with heavy and small scale industries under the patronage of
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) and Gujarat State Financial Corporation (GSFC). The
economy of Rajkot was supported with a 280 million World Bank aid for development of infrastructure of the
city. The plans are already in place to beautify and modernise the ancient city, including a Rock Garden, ala
Chandigarh. Another 250 million project to rebuild the Kaiser-e-Hind, the only major bridge linking to the city,
is already nearing completion.

Real estate
Crystal Mall Kalawad Road
Real estate has been a key contributor to Rajkot's development in terms of economic and infrastructure
development. Since early 2014, several skyscrapers have been built in Rajkot.

Industry
Products made in Rajkot include jewellery, silk embroidery and watch parts. Industrial products include
bearings, diesel engines, kitchen knives and other cutting appliances, watch parts (cases and bracelets),
automotive parts, forging industry, casting industry, machine tools, share market and software development. The
city is also home to severalCNC machine and auto parts manufacturers.
High street
There are about 500 foundry units in Rajkot. The cluster came up mainly to cater to the casting requirements of
the local diesel engine industry. The geographical spread of the cluster includes Aji Vasahat, Gondal Road,
Bhavanagar Road areas, Shapar, Veraval and Metoda. The majority of foundry units in Rajkot produce grey iron
castings for the domestic market. About 2% of the foundry units export castings such as electric motor castings
and automobile castings.

Rajkot also houses Western Region Pipelines Headquarter of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) near
Gauridad village. Also natural gas industries like GSPL and GSPC are also present. A petroleum depot of IOCL
is also present. Kings plaza Rajkot

In the near future, the government of Gujarat will allocate large land areas for the development of Special
Economic Zone[27] which will be split into three areas and will include industries such as software and
automobiles. As per recent market reviews, Rajkot is becoming Asia's biggest automobile zone.

Rajkot was formerly the leading centre in India in the field of diesel engine and submersible pumps.
Submersible pumps are still manufactured in the city and marketed throughout India, with some of the larger
manufacturers also exporting them.

Atlantis Flats Rajkot

Law and government
Rajkot is governed by many government bodies, including Jilla Seva Sadan (Rajkot District Collector Offices),
Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Rajkot Urban Development Authority.

Preceded by City Mayor Succeeded by

Jaimanbhai Upadhyay Jun 2018 – present Binaben Acharya
Preceded by City Municipal Commissioner Succeeded by
Vijay Nehra Sep 2016 – present Banchhanidhi Pani
Preceded by City Police Commissioner Succeeded by
Anupam Singh Gehlot August 2018 – present Manoj Agarwal
The city civic body has started a 24x7 call centre, the first of its kind in Gujarat and the second in the country to take care of all complaints relating to civic
management. Citizens can now get all their complaints registered with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation by dialling a single number with an assurance that the
problem would be addressed within 72 hours.[28]

The Rajkot City Police are responsible for law enforcement and public safety in Rajkot, India. They are a subdivision of the state police force of Gujarat and are
[29]
headed by a commissioner. The Rajkot police force is responsible for the protection and safety of Rajkot citizens.

Transport
Rajkot is connected to major Indian cities by air
, railway and road.

Roads and highways

The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) runs regular buses to and from Rajkot to other cities of
Gujarat. More than 81000 people travel daily with GSRTC. Rajkot is very well connected with Gujarat State
Highways and Rajkot is allocated the vehicle registration code GJ-3 by RTO. There are a number of private bus
operators connecting city with other cities of Gujarat state and other states of India.

Rail and internal transport

Rajkot has two railway stations. Rajkot Junction Railway
Station (station code: RJT) is the more widely used railway
Road network near Rajkot Gujarat
station for passenger trains, and has services to all the major India 2015
cities of India. Its elevation is 128 m above sea level. The
other, smaller, railway station is Bhaktinagar Railway Station
(station code: BKNG), served only by trains from Somnath, eVraval, Junagadh and Porbandar.

Rajkot Municipal Corporation has restored city bus services with Public Private Partnership in 2007. RMC and
Rajkot Junction Railway Station
a private company is providing around 80CNG buses under 15 to 20 routes in city and suburbs.

Recently Rajkot BRTS was launched on 1 October 2012.[30] a

new Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) with launching of the 10-km long Blue corridor and two AC buses
which will be free for the first three months. The corridor is located in the west part of the city through the
150 ft ring road connecting Madhapar chokdi on the Jamangar road to Gondal chokdi on the Gondal road. The
corridor will host 11 buses in further stage.

Rajkot BRTS Route

The fully completed project in future will have two more corridors – green and red from Arvind Maniyar Nagar
to Saurashtra University and Greenland Chowk to Saurashtra University respectively involving 157 buses in Rajkot BRTS Bus and the Corridor
three colours. Rajkot thus becomes the second city in Gujarat to have BRTS after Ahmedabad. The city of Surat
too is planning an ambitious BRTS project, construction of which is going on presently.[31]

To make more ease in the public transport, a city bus service 'Rajkot Mass Transport Service (RMTS)' has also
been added on 1/4/2015. Currently, it operates on 44 routes with 90 buses.

Rajkot has a large number of auto rickshaws, which operate around the clock within the city. Most of these are
converted to CNG from petrol or diesel. Ola Cabs has started its operations here.

Aviation A Jet Airways aircraft and refuelling

Rajkot Airport[32] is located at a short distance from the city and can be accessed by cab and auto rickshaw truck on the apron at Rajkot Airport
services. There are multiple daily flights to Mumbai, served by Air India. Air India started the Rajkot New
Delhi flight from 15 February 2015.[33] Now the government had also made the decisions to built international
airport in Rajkot namelyRajkot Greenfield Airportwhich currently under the construction.

Media and communications

State-owned All India Radio has a local station and has FM channel 102.4Vividh Bharati in Rajkot which transmits various programs of mass interest.

Private FM stations likeRadio Mirchi 98.3 FM (only station that broadcasts for 24 hours), Red FM 93.5, Big 92.7 FM and 94.3 MY FM also serve the people of
Rajkot with excellent entertainment and events.
Education
Rajkot is famous for providing education to Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhiji), at the Alfred High School. A
number of schools in the city are run by Rajkot Municipal Corporation. They include 20 schools and
learning centres,[34] which consist of 3 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 4 junior high schools, 4
senior high schools, 1 education centre, and 1 special school.[35] There are also some self-financed public
schools. TGES (The Galaxy Educational System) is a group of sister schools.
The Galaxy School (TGS), a
part of TGES, is the only international school in the city which offers the International Baccalaureate Christ College building
Program. Rajkot is home to Rajkumar College, Rajkot, also known as RKC, which is one of the oldest
schools of India.Rkc use to be one of the Chief schools of India similar to Mayo College at Ajmer and
Daly College at Indore where royals use to study.Rkc was specially established for the princes of Kathiawar
.

Rajkot also has the Union Government HRD Ministry run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, now shifted to
Jamnagar highway premise. Earlier it started at the Juni Khadki school premise of Sir Lakhajiraj High School
and later moved to its own building on the Jamnagar Road. It is a CBSE Board affiliated, residential school for
[36][37]
girls and boys, providing education to those selected at the Class VI level all India entrance test.
PDM College of Commerce, one of
The city is home to Saurashtra University, several colleges, and other institutions of higher education, both
oldest colleges in the city
public and private. Rajkot has two private universities, RK University (RKU)[38] and Marwadi University.[39]
The city has 12 engineering colleges. It has a Performing Arts College (Vocal, Classical dance, Tabla Vadan
etc.) opposite Hemu Gadhvi Natya Gruh. The Saurashtra University is the city's public university. It is spread
across approximately 410 acres (1.7 km2) of green land with 28 post-graduation departments.
[40]

See also
List of most populous cities in India
List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
List of twin towns and sister cities in India RK University
Status of Indian cities
List of cities in India
List of million-plus cities in India

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Further reading
Sadashiv, Anant. A History of important ancient towns & cities in Gujarat & Kathiawad
. ASIN B0008B2NGA.
Singhji, Virbhadra. The Rajputs of Saurashtra. ISBN 81-7154-546-7.
Curzon, George Nathaniel.Speeches.
Thornton, Edward. A Gazetteer of The Territories under the government of The East-India Company, and of the Native states on the continent
of India. ISBN 81-85557-52-7.
Briggs, Henry George.The Cities of Gujaráshtra: : Their Topography and History Illustrated, in.
Baird, Robert. The Christian Retrospect and Register: A Summary of the Scientific, Moral.
Chesson, James. Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May 1844 to February 1846.

External links
Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC)
Rajkot Urban Development Authority (RUDA)
Rajkot travel guide from Wikivoyage
‹The template Curlie is being considered for deletion.› Rajkot at Curlie

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