Kota is the third-largest city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, on the Chambal River about 230 kilometers south of Jaipur. Its population passed 1.5 million by 2024. Founded as a walled city in the fourteenth century, Kota became the capital of the princely state of Kota in 1625 and is known today as India's "coaching capital" for the more than 200,000 students who move there each year to prepare for national engineering and medical entrance exams; it is also India's first traffic-signal-free city.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kota, Rajasthan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population
1,001,694 (2011 census)
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It covers an area of 221.36 km2 (85.47 sq mi).
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It has an average elevation of 271 metres (889 ft).
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Kota became an independent state in 1631 when Rao Madho Singh, the second son of Rao Ratan of [Bundi], was made the ruler by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
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The cartographic coordinates are 25.18°N 75.83°E / 25.18; 75.83.
Infobox, Coordinates (longitude)
25.18 degrees N, 75.83 degrees E
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
most populous city in Rajasthan, after Jaipur and Jodhpur. It is also India
View the Source 2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 25.18,75.83
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 230.0
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 25.25, 75.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.25, 75.75
25.25 75.75 BSh
4. GeoNames: Kota - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1266049, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.96 km)Quote, cities500 record 1266049, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.96 km)
25.18254 75.83907 P PPL IN 24 127 667 1001694 267 Asia/Kolkata
Wikidata: Kota, Rajasthan
- Wikidata Q330531, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite2-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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