Editing Rajkot (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Rajkot
| native_name        = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. -->
| native_name_lang   = guj
| settlement_type    = [[Metropolis]]
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
|border            = infobox
|perrow            = 1/2/2/2/1
|total_width       = 300
|caption_align = center
| image1=High street - 150 ft Ring road Rajkot.jpg
| caption1=Skyline of Rajkot 
| image2=Swaminarayan Temple Rajkot (Gujarat-India).JPG
| caption2=Swaminarayan Temple
| image3=AtalSarovar.jpg
| caption3=Atal Sarovar Lakefront
| image4=RJT Aerial View.png
| caption4=Rajkot Aerial View
| image5=Khirasara Palace.jpg
| caption5=Heritage Khirasara Palace
| image6=Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot.jpg
| caption6=[[Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot|Gandhi Museum]]
| image7=Saurashtrauniversity.jpg
| caption7=[[Saurashtra University]]
| image8=NS stadium 2.jpg
| caption8=[[Niranjan Shah Stadium]]
}}
| image_map          = 
| map_caption        = 
| blank_emblem_type  = Seal of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation
| blank_emblem_size  = 100px
| blank_emblem_alt   = 
| image_blank_emblem = RMC Emblem.png
| pushpin_map        = India Gujarat
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates        = {{coord|22.3000|70.7833|region:IN-GJ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag| India}}
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Gujarat.svg}} [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Rajkot district|Rajkot]]
| founder            = 
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = {{start date and age|1612}}
| governing_body     = [[Rajkot Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title1      = Deputy Mayor
| leader_name1       = Narendrasinh Jadeja
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=zone1>{{cite web|publisher=Rajkot Municipal Corporation|title=Statistics|url=http://www.rmc.gov.in/statictic.php|access-date=19 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017231412/http://rmc.gov.in/statictic.php|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 170
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 134.42
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=539125|publisher=Census of India|title=Rajkot Municipal Corporation Demographics|access-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121356/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=539125|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_total   = 20,00,000
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_rank    = [[List of most populous cities in India|28th]]
[[List of most populous cities in Gujarat|4th (in Gujarat state)]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro   = 2.45 million
| population_metro_footnotes = {{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
| population_blank1_title = Metro rank
| population_blank1  = [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|35th]]
| population_demonym = Rajkotian
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code        = 360 0XX
| area_code_type     = Telephone code
| area_code          = 0281
| registration_plate = GJ-03
| blank2_name_sec1   = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1   = 87.80 (2016)%{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
| blank7_name_sec1   = [[Urban planning]] agency
| blank7_info_sec1   = [[Rajkot Urban Development Authority|RUDA]]
| blank1_name_sec2   = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2   = [[Climatic regions of India|Semi-Arid]] {{small|([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])}}
| blank2_name_sec2   = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]
| blank2_info_sec2   = {{convert|590|mm|in}}
| blank3_name_sec2   = Avg. annual temperature
| blank3_info_sec2   = {{convert|26|°C|°F}}
| website            = {{URL|www.rmc.gov.in}}
| leader_party       = [[BJP]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Naynaben Pedhdiya
| government_type    = [[Municipal Corporation]]
}}

'''Rajkot''' ({{IPA|hi|ˈraːdʒkoːʈ|lang|Rajkot.ogg}}) is the fourth-largest<ref>[[List of million-plus agglomerations in India|(Ahmedabad ranks 5th, Surat 8th, Vadodara 9th and Rajkot 34th)]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/3455/8/08_chapter%204.pdf |title=Chapter 4 – Profile of Selected Cities of Gujarat |access-date=3 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022194829/http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/3455/8/08_chapter%204.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> city in the [[Indian state]] of [[Gujarat]] after [[Ahmedabad]], [[Surat]], and [[Vadodara]], and is in the centre of the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in [[India]], with a population of more than 2&nbsp;million as of 2021.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=539125 Census of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121356/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=539125 |date=24 September 2015 }} Retrieved 2015.</ref> Rajkot is the 6th cleanest<ref>[[Cleanest cities in India]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/swachh-survekshan-league-2020-indore-tops-the-chart-again-adjudged-cleanest-city-of-india-for-the-fourth-time-in-a-row-40680/|date=1 January 2020|title=Swachh Survekshan League 2020: Indore Tops The Chart, Again, Adjudged Cleanest City Of India For The Fourth Time In A Row {{!}} News|work=Rediff|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809141810/http://www.rediff.com/business/report/pix-swachh-bharat-the-cleanest-cities-in-india/20141008.htm|archive-date=9 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> city of India, and it is the 22nd fastest-growing city in the world as of March  2021.<ref name="citymayors">[http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth1.html "City Mayors World's fastest growing urban areas (1)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125090345/http://citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth1.html |date=25 November 2010 }}. Retrieved 31 December 2016</ref> The city contains the administrative headquarters of the [[Rajkot District]], 245&nbsp;km from the state capital [[Gandhinagar]], and is located on the banks of the Aji and Nyari rivers. Rajkot was the capital of the [[Saurashtra State]] from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956, before its merger with [[Bombay State]] on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was reincorporated into Gujarat State on 1 May 1960.