Mandawa
Sign in to saveMandawa is a town located just 29 km from Jhunjhunu city in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India. It is part of Shekhawati region. Mandawa is located at . It has an average elevation of 316 metres (1036 ft). The nearest railway station is Jhunjhunu railway station.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mandawa
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Country
- India
- Population
- 23,335
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mandawa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Haveli mandawa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A Haveli in Mandawa, Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Rajasthan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rajasthan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jhunjhunun
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Jhunjhunu district
- Elevation
- +316
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Haveli mandawa.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- About Mandawa
- Demographics
- See also
- References
Mandawa is a town located just 29 km from Jhunjhunu city in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India. It is part of Shekhawati region. Mandawa is located at . It has an average elevation of 316 metres (1036 ft). The nearest railway station is Jhunjhunu railway station.
==History== thumb|left|A water well near Mandawa The town of Mandawa was a thikana of Jaipur State. Mandawa once functioned as a trading outpost for ancient caravan routes in Shekhawati for goods from China and the Middle East. Thakur Nawal Singh, then ruler of Nawalgarh and Mandawa built a fort in to protect this outpost. Over time, a township grew around the fort and soon attracted a large community of traders, who then settled down at Mandawa.