Jhotwara

Jhotwara
Suburban
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Coordinates: 26.943041°N 75.757057°E / 26.943041; 75.757057
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaipur
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	302012
Nearest city	Jaipur
Climate	Hot and dry (Köppen)

Jhotwara is a suburban area of Jaipur in the north-west direction of Jaipur, the capital of Indian State of Rajasthan. It is a Legislative Assembly constituency

History

This area was under meena tribe which was annexed in Kachhwaha Rajput kingdom of Amber by Rao Dulha. It was ruled by the Jaipur royal family till Independence of India.

Rulers Before Rajputs

They were Meenas from Nadhla Clan, named after Sag Nadha

• Kalorao
• Jhoto Rao (Established Jhotwara)
• Vitthal Rao
• Agatu Rao
• Eedho Rao
• Balkaran Rao
• Bishal Rao
• Bachhrao
• Gaito Rao (Established Gaitor)
• Rao Taatan Singh
• Rao Galan Singh

Then Meena Chieftain shifted to towns which were inhabited by them.

Area under Jhotwara

These are 22 ward under Jhotwara.

• Vaishali Nagar
• Kanakpura
• Panchyawala
• Meenawala
• Girdharipura
• Lalpura
• Dhawas
• Heerapura
• Gajsinghpura
• Mukumdpura
• Maharajpura
• Bindayka
• Sirsi