Draft Annual Plan 2000-2001 Volume-I (Narrative) Government of Rajasthan

Abstract

Rajasthan State, in its present form, is a conglomeration of 19 princely States and 3 chief ships which varied in size, population, administrative efficiency and socioeconomic development. Administratively, Rajasthan is divided into 32 districts, which are further sub-divided into 213 tehsils and 237 development blocks. The area of 3.42 lakh sq. kms. of Rajasthan makes it the second largest State in the Country. the population of the State, according to 1991 census, is 4.40 crore. It has a long international frontier with Pakistan and is adjacent to the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.