Chomu
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Chomu is a city and a municipality
in Jaipur district
in the state of Rajasthan
, India
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It is 33 km far in north from Jaipur (Capital of Rajasthan). Chomu is having a good tourist and filmmakers destination in its nearby village named Samod. It has also a good class of hotels such as Serena Palace,etc. It is famous for its bumper groundnut crop every year. Due to the presence of sweet and fresh water, fruits and vegetables that are grown here, have a very good taste. Everyday, a large quantity of fruits and vegetables are sold in the nearby city Jaipur.
It is also connected to Jaipur by a meter gauge rail line.
, Chomu had a population of 50,717. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chomu has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 49%. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Jaipur district
Jaipur district
Jaipur District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Jaipur, which is Rajasthan's capital and largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India .-Geography:...
in the state of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Geography
Chomu is located at 27.17°N 75.72°E.It is 33 km far in north from Jaipur (Capital of Rajasthan). Chomu is having a good tourist and filmmakers destination in its nearby village named Samod. It has also a good class of hotels such as Serena Palace,etc. It is famous for its bumper groundnut crop every year. Due to the presence of sweet and fresh water, fruits and vegetables that are grown here, have a very good taste. Everyday, a large quantity of fruits and vegetables are sold in the nearby city Jaipur.
It is also connected to Jaipur by a meter gauge rail line.
Shopping
It has its Sadar Bazar and which is visited by a good number of foreign tourists every year. It has a vegetable market which is the key source of income of farmers in chomu area.Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Chomu had a population of 50,717. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chomu has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 49%. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.