The second-largest city in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan after the state capital Jaipur, and the historic capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, founded in 1459 by the Rathore Rajput chief Rao Jodha. It serves as headquarters of Jodhpur district and division and had a population of about 1.6 million as of 2025.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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Source Rajasthan High Court (Wikipedia)Lead section [seat-city]Quote, Lead section [seat-city]
The High Court of Rajasthan is located in Jodhpur
Sources
1. Jodhpur (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
As of 2025, the city has a population of 1.6 million.
Infobox: area_total_km2
233
Infobox, Elevation
241 m (791 ft)
Infobox, Coordinates
26.28 N 73.02 E
Lead section
It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and Jodhpur division. It is the historic capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan.
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
state signed the Instrument of Accession and merged his state in Union of India
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Jodhpur - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1268865
26.26841 73.00594 P PPL IN 24 113 570 1056191 237 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 237 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 26.25, 73.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 26.25, 73.25
26.25 73.25 BSh
Wikidata: Jodhpur
- Wikidata Q200019, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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