2. Physical Regions of Rajasthan; Administrative Division of Rajasthan; Geography of Rajasthan | RAS RPSC Prelims Preparation - Notes, Study Material & Tests - RPSC RAS (Rajasthan) PDF Download

Physical Regions of Rajasthan

Rajasthan is divided into four main physical regions which are as follows:-

1:- Western Desert Plains

2:- Aravalli Region (part of Gondwana land) Gurushikar 1722 m

3:- Eastern Plains

4:- Hadoti Region (Black Soil)

Western Desert Plains 

It has following sub regions:

• ghagar plains
• shekhawati region
• nagori highlands
• luni basin

It covers 61.11% area (highest) and 40 % population (highest)

Climate it dry and extreme hot and soil is sandy

Crops:-bajara,grams,wheat

Rivers: - luni, ghaghar, kakni,kantli

Aravalli Region

It has following sub regions:

• north east aravali region
• mid aravali region
• mevar hills or bhorat highlands
• abu mountains

It covers 9% area and 10 % population

Climate it semiarid and rainfall is 50cm-100cm and soil is brown-black, mountainous

Crops:-Maize, jawar, grams, wheat

Rivers: - banas, Kothari, khari, sabarmati, vakal

Eastern Plains 

It has following sub regions:

• chambal basin
• banas basin
• mahi basin
• banganga basin

It covers 23% area and 39 % population

Climate it semiarid and rainfall is 50cm-80cm and soil is yellow

Crops:-wheat, gram, pulses, sugarcane, peanuts, jawar

Hadoti Region (Black Soil)

It has following sub regions:

• Deccan highlands
• Vindhyan region

It covers 6.89% area and 11 % population

Climate it semiarid and rainfall is 80cm-100cm and soil is volcanic

Crops:-tobacco, opium, soya bean

Rivers: - chambal, kali, sindh, parvati, parvan, aahu, nevaj

Administrative Division of Rajasthan 

Note: These facts are highly important as RPSC has tendency of asking these facts

• Total Divisions in Rajasthan संभाग - 7
• Number of Districts in Rajasthan जिले  - 33
• No. of sub division उपखण्ड - 244
• Jila Prishad जिला परिषद - 33
• नगर निकाय - 184
• Municipal Corporations नगर निगम - 5
• Municipal Councils नगर परिषद - 13
• Municipalities नगरपालिकाएं - 166
• Number of Tehsil in Rajasthan तहसील - 244
• Sub Tehsil उप तहसील - 104
• पटवार मण्डल  - 10040
• Cities in Rajasthan State नगर  - 297
• No. of Panchayat Samitis - पंचायत समितियां   249
• Gram Panchayat ग्राम पंचायत – 9,177
• Number of villages in Rajasthan ग्राम – 39, 753
• Assembly Seats in Rajasthan विधानसभा सदस्य -  200
• Parliament Seats लोकसभा सदस्य - 25
• Rajya Sabha Seats राज्यसभा सदस्य - 10
• जिला प्रमुख - 33
• Pradhan प्रधान - 249