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Bharatpur
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city in Rajasthan, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Rajasthan
- District
- Bharatpur
- Founded by
- Suraj Mal
- Named after
- Bharat- A historical warrior famous in the area
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Body
- Bharatpur Municipal Corporation Bharatpur Development Authority , (will be formed)
- Total
- 48 km (19 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 183 m (600 ft)
- Density
- 5,300/km (14,000/sq mi)
- Official
- Rajasthani , Braj Bhasha , English , Hindi
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Area code
- (+91) 5644
- Iso 3166 code
- RJ-IN
- Vehicle registration
- RJ-05
- Website
- Bharatpur District
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bharatpur district
- Population
- 252342
- Elevation
- 183
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Bharatpur State
- Image
- View of Bharatpur from the Iron Fort (4609955939).jpg
- Dialing code
- 5644
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bharatpur, Rajasthan
- Commons category
- Bharatpur, Rajasthan
- postal code
- 321001
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- भरतपुर
- different from
- Bharatpur
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Bharatpur is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, 189 km (117 mi) south of India's capital, New Delhi, 184 km (114 mi) from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, 56 km (35 mi) west of Agra of Uttar Pradesh and 36 km (22 mi) from Mathura of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bharatpur District and the headquarters of Bharatpur Division of Rajasthan State. Bharatpur is part of National Capital Region of India. The city was the capital of the Bharatpur State. It became a municipal corporation with 65 wards in 2014.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bharatpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.