Makrana

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Makrana
City
Makrana
Nickname:  Marble City of India
Makrana Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Makrana Makrana (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27°03′N 74°43′E / 27.05°N 74.72°E / 27.05; 74.72
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Didwana Kuchaman
Named for	Makran City of India
Government
• Type	Democratic
• Body	Makrana Municipal Council
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	205,080
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Marwari (Rajasthani) & English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	341505
Vehicle registration	RJ-21, RJ-37
Literacy rate	63.23

Makrana is an urban city located, just 20 km from Kuchaman City at the centre of state in Didwana-Kuchaman district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Rajasthani language is widely spoken here. It also served as a tehsil headquarters, with 136 villages under its jurisdiction thus making it the largest tehsil in the district. The biggest village of Makrana tehsil by area is Modicharna. Makrana is 110 km (68 mi) west of Jaipur and 190 km (120 mi) north-east of Jodhpur. Makrana is known for the part it has played in building the Taj Mahal by supplying marble, craftsmen and stonemasons to build the iconic UNESCO world heritage centre. It is one of the developing cities in the state. The marble from the town Makrana which is known as Makrana Marble, gets the GHSR (Global Heritage Stone Resources) status from the IUGS.^[1]