Banswara

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Banswara
City
Nickname(s):  The Green City, The City of a Hundred Islands
Banswara Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Banswara Banswara (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°33′N 74°27′E / 23.55°N 74.45°E / 23.55; 74.45
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Banswara
Founded by	Maharawal Jagmal Singh[1]
Named for	Bansia or Wasna[2]
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Banswara Municipal Council[3]
Elevation	302 m (991 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	100,128
Languages
• Official	Hindi
• Spoken	Rajasthani, Wagdi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	327001
Telephone code	02962
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-03
Sex ratio	954 females per 1000 males
Website	banswara.rajasthan.gov.in

Banswara is a city in the Banswara district in southern Rajasthan, India. The name, Banswara, came from king ‘Bansiya Bhil’^[4]

Banswara is also known as "City of a Hundred Islands", "The Green City", which is often referred to as "Cherrapunji of Rajasthan", because it receives the most rain in Rajasthan, as well as for the numerous islands in the Mahi River, often referred to as "Mahati", an alternate name for Mahi river, in Vayu Purana text, which flows through the city.^[5] It is the greenest city in Rajasthan due to the heavy rainfall which it receives.^[6] The city has a population of 101,017, of whom 51,585 are male and 49,432 are female.^[7]