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| ?Ladnu Rajasthan • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Nagaur |
| Population | 57,047 (2001[update]) |
Ladnu is a city and a municipality in Nagaur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Ladnu is officially knows as LADNUN. It was earlier known as Chanderi Nagari. Ladnun is a small town in Nagaur District of Rajasthan, It is 380 km West of Delhi and 225 km north west of Jaipur. It is well served by deluxe and express bus services from Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur, Ajmer, Ahemdabad, Delhi and other cities. From Delhi-Sarai Rohilla there are trains up to Ratangarh Junction. From Ratangarh journey to Ladnun is of 2 hours by bus or local trains. The nearest airports are Jaipur and Jodhpur.
It offers some of the best jain temples around the globe. It is also famous for Terapanth Vishva Bharati Institution (founded by Acharya Tulsi in 1970). Jainism has a long history in Ladnun. Some of its temples - in all there are five digambara and two shvetambara ones - are said to date back to the tenth century; their superstructures, however are of later centuries.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census1, Ladnu had a population of 57,047. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ladnu has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 49%. In Ladnu, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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 2004-06-16. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
