Chaksu

Chaksu
Chaksu
Town
	Chaksu Location in Rajasthan, India Chaksu Chaksu (India)
	Coordinates: 26.60°N 75.95°E
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaipur
Constituency	Dausa
Government
• Type	Municipal corporation
• Body	Nagar Palika
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	29,111
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Chaksu is a municipality in Jaipur district in the state of Rajasthan, India. The town is situated at a distance of 40 km from Jaipur on National Highway 52. The town is also one of the 13 tehsil headquarters of Jaipur District. Chaksu is also a legislative assembly seat of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha and the current MLA of Chaksu is Ved Prakash Solanki.

Gujjars, Meenas and Bairwas are the majority caste in Chaksu and nearby villages.

Connectivity

Chaksu connected via road from Kota-Tonk, Jaipur, Phagi-Dudu, Dausa-Lalsot. Jaipur-Mumbai rail route also passing from Chaksu railway station. Nearest airport is Jaipur International Airport – Jaipur just 25 km from Chaksu.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census,[1] Chaksu tehsil had population of 2,23,634 and Chaksu town had population of 33,432.

References

"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.